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CVE-2023-6979

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-6979 describes an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 5.38.9. This flaw, stemming from missing file type validation in the ivole_import_upload_csv AJAX action, allows authenticated attackers with author-level access or higher to upload malicious files. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability carries a significant risk of remote code execution, as it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.38.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cusrev:customer_reviews_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

drive.proton.me / urls/K4R2HDQBS0
Broken Link
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/customer-reviews-woocommerce/trunk/includes/import-export/class-cr-reviews-importer.php
Issue Tracking
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Patch
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af801db-44a6-4cd3-bd1a-3125490c8c48
Third Party Advisory