What is CVE-2023-46628?

CVE-2023-46628 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redlettuce Wp Word Count, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-46628?

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

Is CVE-2023-46628 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Redlettuce Wp Word Count

CVE-2023-46628

Missing Authorization vulnerability in RedLettuce Plugins WP Word Count allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Word Count: from n/a through 3.2.4.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.0% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-word-count/vulnerability/wordpress-… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46628?: CVE-2023-46628 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redlettuce Wp Word Count, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-46628?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-46628 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.