Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0467

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 March 2023

Published
27 March 2023
Modified
19 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0023 46.3th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-0467 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Wppool Wp Dark Mode. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 46.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The WP Dark Mode WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not properly sanitize the style parameter in shortcodes before using it to load a PHP template. This leads to Local File Inclusion on servers where non-existent directories may be traversed, or…

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when chained with another vulnerability allowing arbitrary directory creation.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

wppool
wp dark mode
≤ 4.0.8

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

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