What is CVE-2023-5604?

CVE-2023-5604 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Asgaros Forum, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-5604?

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

Is CVE-2023-5604 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Asgaros Forum

CVE-2023-5604

The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 2.7.1 allows forum administrators, who may not be WordPress (super-)administrators, to set insecure configuration that allows unauthenticated users to upload dangerous files (e.g. .php, .phtml), potentially leading to remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2023-11-27 · 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: 0.020 (79.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Asgaros Forum
Asgaros Forum — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/4ce69d71-87bf-4d95-90f2-63d558c78b69 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5604?: CVE-2023-5604 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Asgaros Forum, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-5604?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5604 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.