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CVE-2023-0716

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0716 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 2.18.16. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to modify the plugin's folder structure, an action typically reserved for administrators. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.18.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wickedplugins:wicked_folders:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ad60a11-e307-4ec9-9099-091a87ff1d3b
Third Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wicked-folders/tags/2.18.16/lib/class-wicked-folders-ajax.php
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Third Party Advisory
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ad60a11-e307-4ec9-9099-091a87ff1d3b