What is CVE-2023-5355?

CVE-2023-5355 is a high-severity vulnerability in Getawesomesupport Awesome Support, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-5355?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5355 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Getawesomesupport Awesome Support

CVE-2023-5355

The Awesome Support WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitize file paths when deleting temporary attachment files, allowing a ticket submitter to delete arbitrary files on the server.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-11-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Getawesomesupport Awesome Support
Awesome Support — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/d6f7faca-dacf-4455-a837-0404803d0f25 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5355?: CVE-2023-5355 is a high-severity vulnerability in Getawesomesupport Awesome Support, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-5355?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5355 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.