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CVE-2023-32243

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32243 is a Critical Improper Authentication vulnerability affecting WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor versions 5.4.0 through 5.7.1, allowing for Privilege Escalation. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk as it can be exploited remotely without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively being exploited, with public proof-of-concept code and Nuclei templates available, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating widespread awareness and potential for attacks.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4.0, < 5.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
>= 5.4.0, <= 5.7.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
75.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2023-32243 · May 26, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7553 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/172457/WordPress-Elementor-Lite-5.7.1-Arbitrary-Password-Reset.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
patchstack.com / articles/critical-privilege-escalation-in-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-affecting-1-million-sites
ExploitThird Party Advisory
patchstack.com / database/vulnerability/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/wordpress-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-5-4-0-5-7-1-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
Third Party Advisory