What is CVE-2023-25701?

CVE-2023-25701 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Watchtowerhq Watchtower, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-25701?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-25701 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Watchtowerhq Watchtower

CVE-2023-25701

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WhatArmy WatchTowerHQ allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WatchTowerHQ: from n/a through 3.6.16.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2024-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/watchtowerhq/wordpress-watchtowerhq-plugi… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25701?: CVE-2023-25701 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Watchtowerhq Watchtower, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-25701?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-25701 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.