CVE-2023-5559 | 10Web Booster < 2.24.18 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Option Deletion

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The 10Web Booster WordPress plugin before 2.24.18 does not validate the option name given to some AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary options from the database, leading to denial of service.

Published: 2023-11-27 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-5559 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 52.48%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-5559

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5559

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 2026-03-24 47.47% 52.48% +5.00%
2 2026-02-19 45.22% 47.47% +2.25%
3 2025-12-28 — 45.22% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-5559

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: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: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.
 3.9 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-5559

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-5559

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
10web 10web_booster < 2.24.18 cpe:2.3:a:10web:10web_booster:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-5559

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