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CVE-2023-47788· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Patchstack

WordPress Jetpack plugin < 12.7 - Contributor+ Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Automattic Jetpack.This issue affects Jetpack: from n/a before 12.7.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 31th percentile
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Action score

35

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.8
CNA · Patchstack
4.3
4.5 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
automatticjetpack

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • automattic jetpackbefore 12.7

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Automattic Jetpack

    • n/a and later · before 12.7affectedfixed in 12.7

Same product

automattic: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-2996Jetpack < 12.1.1 - Author+ Arbitrary File Manipulation via API
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2024-10858Jetpack 13.0-14.0 - Unauthenticated DOM-XSS
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2015-9359The Jetpack plugin before 3.4.3 for WordPress has XSS via add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg().
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2016-10706The Jetpack plugin before 4.0.3 for WordPress has XSS via a crafted Vimeo link.
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2016-10705The Jetpack plugin before 4.0.4 for WordPress has XSS via the Likes module.
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2014-0173The Jetpack plugin before 1.9 before 1.9.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.9, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Automattic Jetpack12.7Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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