CVE-2023-38515 | WordPress Church Admin Plugin <= 3.7.56 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Andy Moyle Church Admin.This issue affects Church Admin: from n/a through 3.7.56.

Published: 2023-11-13 Last update: 2026-04-28 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-38515 is rated Low Risk (33.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38515

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 2025-11-21 0.26% 0.14% -0.13%
2 2025-11-18 0.14% 0.26% +0.13%
3 2025-04-15 0.14%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38515

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.3 2.7 [email protected]
4.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38515

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-38515

GHSA-77gr-pj6j-w9f8 · Severity: medium — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Andy Moyle Church Admin.This issue affects...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38515

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
church_admin_project church_admin <= 3.7.56 cpe:2.3:a:church_admin_project:church_admin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38515

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