CVE-2023-5611 | Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.32 - Unauthorised Settings Reset/Import

Exp

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.20.32 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when resetting and importing its settings, allowing unauthenticated users to reset them

Published: 2023-11-27 Last update: 2025-01-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-5611 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). 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-2023-5611

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5611

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 0.10% 0.27% +0.17%
2 2025-09-18 0.17% 0.10% -0.07%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-5611

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: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:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-5611

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-5611

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
s-sols seraphinite_accelerator < 2.20.32 cpe:2.3:a:s-sols:seraphinite_accelerator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-5611

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