Is CVE-2023-0487 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-0487 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-0487?

CVE-2023-0487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-0487?

CVE-2023-0487 has an EPSS score of 1.48% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-0487?

Upgrade my sticky elements to 2.0.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-0487

HIGHEPSS 71th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The My Sticky Elements WordPress plugin before 2.0.9 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement when deleting messages, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

CWE-89SQL Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

my sticky elementsNVD

Affected:< 2.0.9Fixed in:2.0.9CVE-2023-0487derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-89 (SQL Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-3704	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-7297	High	7.5	100%	-	-
CVE-2024-29824	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-34362	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-7481	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-29826	High	8.8	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-10.