What is CVE-2023-4697?

CVE-2023-4697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Usememos Memos, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-4697?

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

Is CVE-2023-4697 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Usememos Memos

CVE-2023-4697

Improper Privilege Management in GitHub repository usememos/memos prior to 0.13.2.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2023-09-01 · 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: 0.008 (57.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% 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

Usememos Memos
Usememos Usememos/memos — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

sjkp/devopsai

References

huntr.dev/bounties/3ff3325a-1dcb-4da7-894d-81a9cf726d81 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/usememos/memos/commit/c9aa2eeb9852047e4f41915eb30726bd25f07ecd (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4697?: CVE-2023-4697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Usememos Memos, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-4697?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4697 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.