CVE-2023-2833 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the ReviewX plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.6.13. This flaw allows authenticated attackers, even those with subscriber-level permissions, to elevate their user role by manipulating screen options during an update. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average exploitability, there is currently no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:reviewx:*:*:*:*:*: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.
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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.