Security Resilience

CVE-2023-3601

Webfactoryltd Simple Author Box ≤ 2.52

Public PoC
Published
14 August 2023
Modified
05 May 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0053 43th percentile
Risk Priority 37 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-3601 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Webfactoryltd Simple Author Box. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 43th 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 Data

The Simple Author Box WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not verify a user ID before outputting information about that user, leading to arbitrary user information disclosure to users with a role as low as Contributor.

CWE(s)
None listed

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Affected Assets

webfactoryltd
simple author box
≤ 2.52

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References