CVE-2023-28660

Exp

The Events Made Easy WordPress Plugin, version <= 2.3.14 is affected by an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'search_name' parameter in the eme_recurrences_list action.

Published: 2023-03-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-28660 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.13%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-28660

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-28660

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 2026-03-31 0.45% 1.13% +0.68%
2 2026-01-16 0.36% 0.45% +0.09%
3 2025-11-21 0.36%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-28660

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big 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 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-28660

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-28660

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
e-dynamics events_made_easy <= 2.3.14 cpe:2.3:a:e-dynamics:events_made_easy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-28660

URL Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-2 Exploit Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence