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CVE-2023-5816

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5816 affects the Code Explorer plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 1.4.5. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to read arbitrary files outside the WordPress instance due to insufficient file access restrictions. The CVSS score is 4.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in high confidentiality impact. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bowo:code_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
wordpress.org / plugins/code-explorer
Product
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42ecc4e5-d660-472f-823d-a29b84cdf041
Third Party Advisory