What is CVE-2023-1208?

CVE-2023-1208 is a high-severity vulnerability in Riverside HTTP Headers, classified under CWE-284 IMPROPER ACCESS CONTROL. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2023-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-1208?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1208 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Riverside HTTP Headers

CVE-2023-1208

This HTTP Headers WordPress plugin before 1.18.11 allows arbitrary data to be written to arbitrary files, leading to a Remote Code Execution vulnerability.

Published 2023-07-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Riverside HTTP Headers
HTTP Headers — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/e0cc6740-866a-4a81-a93d-ff486b79b7f7 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1208?: CVE-2023-1208 is a high-severity vulnerability in Riverside HTTP Headers, classified under CWE-284 IMPROPER ACCESS CONTROL. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2023-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-1208?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1208 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.