CVE-2023-5561

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-10-16 19:39Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-23 16:12Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-10-12

Assigning CNA

WPScan

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

50fcd7448ebb619980392ce4695e53b32d3498bb71b9f3cb0494a9908cf78e96

• wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19380917-4c27-4095-abf1-eba6f913b441exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
• wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/blog/email-leak-oracle-vulnerability-addressed-in-wordpress-6-3-2/technical-description
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00014.html