CVE-2023-6048: estatik vulnerability
CVE-2023-6048: medium vulnerability affecting estatik. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 45.56%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- estatik
What is known
The Estatik Real Estate Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not prevent user with low privileges on the site, like subscribers, from setting any of the site's options to 1, which could be used to break sites and lead to DoS when certain options are reset
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-6048, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) affecting estatik, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether estatik is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.