What is CVE-2023-0579?

CVE-2023-0579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yarpp Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-0579?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0579 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Yarpp Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

CVE-2023-0579

The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before using them in SQL statement/s, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscribers to perform SQL Injection attacks.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-08-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Yarpp Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
Yarpp — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/574f7607-96d8-4ef8-b96c-0425ad7e7690 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0579?: CVE-2023-0579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yarpp Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-0579?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0579 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.