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CVE-2023-2996

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2996 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Jetpack WordPress plugin prior to version 12.1.1, allowing authenticated users with author roles or higher to manipulate or delete arbitrary files. This flaw, rated 8.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, could potentially lead to remote code execution through phar deserialization in rare scenarios. While the vulnerability has a high severity and impact, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:automattic:jetpack:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0482 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

jetpack.com / blog/jetpack-12-1-1-critical-security-update
Vendor Advisory
wpscan.com / vulnerability/52d221bd-ae42-435d-a90a-60a5ae530663
ExploitThird Party Advisory