Is CVE-2023-5250 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-5250 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-5250?

CVE-2023-5250 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-5250?

CVE-2023-5250 has an EPSS score of 1.11% (62th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2023-5250?

No published fix for CVE-2023-5250 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-5250

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Grid Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 1.3.3 via a shortcode attribute. This allows subscriber-level, and above, attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where PHP files with arbitrary content can be uploaded and included.

CWE-98

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

Issue Tracking1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Other references1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

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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 2026-04-08.