THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-2833
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-2833

Reviewx vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
17.5%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.
Affected vendor
Wpdeveloper
Affected product
Reviewx
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
Published
2023-06-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 17.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-2833

  • Confirm whether Wpdeveloper Reviewx is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-2833.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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