4.3

CVE-2023-4318: unknown herd effects Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
Published 11-09-2023Last modified 23-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-4318 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in unknown herd effects. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.2.4.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.4 does not have CSRF when deleting its items, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins delete arbitrary effects via a CSRF attack

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • mwp-herd-effect≤ 5.2.3 (fixed in 5.2.4)
Wow-company1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links