What is CVE-2023-7268?

CVE-2023-7268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artplacer Widget, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-7268?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-7268 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Artplacer Widget

CVE-2023-7268

The ArtPlacer Widget WordPress plugin before 2.21.2 does not have authorisation check in place when deleting widgets, allowing ay authenticated users, such as subscriber, to delete arbitrary widgets

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2024-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artplacer Widget
Artplacer Widget — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/9ac233dd-e00d-4aee-a41c-0de6e8aaefd7/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7268?: CVE-2023-7268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artplacer Widget, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-7268?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-7268 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.