What is CVE-2023-4318?

CVE-2023-4318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wow-Company Herd Effects, classified under CWE-352 CROSS-SITE REQUEST FORGERY (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-4318?

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

Is CVE-2023-4318 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Wow-Company Herd Effects

CVE-2023-4318

The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.4 does not have CSRF when deleting its items, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins delete arbitrary effects via a CSRF attack

Published 2023-09-11 · 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 (15.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Wow-Company Herd Effects
Herd Effects — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/93b40030-3706-4063-bf59-4ec983afdbb6 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4318?: CVE-2023-4318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wow-Company Herd Effects, classified under CWE-352 CROSS-SITE REQUEST FORGERY (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-4318?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4318 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.