CVE-2023-2987 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability affecting the Wordapp plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.5.0. It stems from an insufficiently unique cryptographic signature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to alter the plugin's configuration. This enables remote control functionalities, such as creating an admin access URL, leading to potential privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The FAUCET Risk Score is 76/100. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB). Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public awareness at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordapp:wordapp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 1.6.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:wordapp:wordapp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.