What is CVE-2023-5845?

CVE-2023-5845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpbrigade Simple Social Buttons, classified under CWE-287 IMPROPER AUTHENTICATION. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-5845?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5845 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Wpbrigade Simple Social Buttons

CVE-2023-5845

The Simple Social Media Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 leaks password-protected post content to unauthenticated visitors in some meta tags

Published 2023-11-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpbrigade Simple Social Buttons
Simple Social Media Share Buttons — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/d5b59e9e-85e5-4d26-aebe-64757c8495fa (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5845?: CVE-2023-5845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpbrigade Simple Social Buttons, classified under CWE-287 IMPROPER AUTHENTICATION. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-5845?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5845 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.