CVE-2023-6065 | Quttera Web Malware Scanner < 3.4.2.1 - Directory Listing to Sensitive Data Exposure

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The Quttera Web Malware Scanner WordPress plugin before 3.4.2.1 doesn't restrict access to detailed scan logs, which allows a malicious actor to discover local paths and portions of the site's code

Published: 2023-12-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-6065 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.53%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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-2023-6065

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-6065

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 2026-05-06 37.97% 37.53% -0.44%
2 2026-04-01 35.68% 37.97% +2.29%
3 2026-03-23 35.68%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-6065

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:L/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: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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-6065

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-6065

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
quttera quttera_web_malware_scanner < 3.4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:quttera:quttera_web_malware_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-6065

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