CVE-2023-4971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Weaver Xtreme Theme Support WordPress plugin before 6.3.1 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injections issues when a high privilege user import a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01186.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Weaver Xtreme Theme Support

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 6.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:weavertheme:weaver_xtreme_theme_support:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Weavertheme Subscribe	Weaver Xtreme Theme Support Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54807	The Weaver Xtreme Theme Support WordPress plugin before 6.3.1 unserialises the content of an imported file, which could lead to PHP object injections issues when a high privilege user import a malicious file and a suitable gadget chain is present on the blog.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/421194e1-6c3f-4972-8f3c-de1b9d2bcb13

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:38:52.844Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:14:56.611Z

Reserved: 2023-09-14T18:46:15.120Z

Link: CVE-2023-4971

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.504Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:17.403

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:39:00.553

Link: CVE-2023-4971

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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