What is CVE-2023-0498?

CVE-2023-0498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Wp Education, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-0498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0498 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Hasthemes Wp Education

CVE-2023-0498

The WP Education WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 does not have CSRF check when activating plugins, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins activate arbitrary plugins present on the blog via a CSRF attack

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.003 (16.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Hasthemes Wp_education
Unknown Wp Education — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0498?: CVE-2023-0498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hasthemes Wp Education, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-0498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0498 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.