CVE-2023-6933 is a critical PHP Object Injection vulnerability affecting all versions up to 1.4.4 of the Better Search Replace plugin for WordPress. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject PHP Objects due to deserialization of untrusted input. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability has a high potential for impact, including arbitrary file deletion, sensitive data retrieval, or code execution if a suitable POP chain exists elsewhere on the system. While there is no known active exploitation in the wild, Nuclei templates are available, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 1.4.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:wpengine:better_search_replace:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpengine:better_search_replace:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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.
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.