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)

Published 2023-03-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (14.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hasthemes Wp Education
Wp Education — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8fa051ad-5b35-46d8-be95-0ac4e73d5eff (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.