CVE-2023-1381 is a critical PHAR deserialization vulnerability affecting the WP Meta SEO WordPress plugin prior to version 4.5.5. This flaw allows attackers to manipulate image file paths, potentially leading to remote code execution through a gadget chain in specific configurations. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring only low privileges and no user interaction. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting it is not widely known or actively exploited at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomunited:wp_meta_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.