Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-47648

High

Published: 02 January 2025

Published
02 January 2025
Modified
29 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 50.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-47648 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 49.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2023-47648 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the EazyDocs WordPress plugin developed by Spider Themes. The flaw enables exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions of EazyDocs up to and including 2.3.5.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating it can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high-impact denial of service, disrupting availability without affecting confidentiality or integrity.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/eazydocs/vulnerability/wordpress-eazydocs-plugin-2-3-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Spider Themes EazyDocs eazydocs allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects EazyDocs: from n/a through <= 2.3.5.

CWE(s)
CWE-862

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Missing authorization in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of the application, matching T1190.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Directly enforces approved authorizations to prevent unauthenticated remote exploitation of the missing authorization vulnerability in EazyDocs.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific flaw in EazyDocs versions up to 2.3.5 to eliminate the vulnerability.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection partial match
prevent

Limits the effects of denial-of-service events caused by the unauthenticated exploitation of the access control flaw.

References