CVE-2023-2842 | WP Inventory Manager < 2.1.0.14 - Inventory Items Deletion via CSRF

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The WP Inventory Manager WordPress plugin before 2.1.0.14 does not have CSRF checks, which could allow attackers to make logged-in admins delete Inventory Items via a CSRF attack

Published: 2023-06-27 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-2842 is rated Exploit Available (57/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-2842

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-2842

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.12% 0.35% +0.23%
2 2025-04-15 0.27% 0.12% -0.14%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-2842

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-2842

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-2842

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wpinventory wp_inventory_manager < 2.1.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:wpinventory:wp_inventory_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-2842

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