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CVE-2023-30869

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-05-02
  • Fixed in3.1.1.4.2
  • WeaknessCWE-287

Am I affected?

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Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads plugin allows unauth. Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from 3.1 through 3.1.1.4.1.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-05-0210:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Awesomemotive easy digital downloads
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.1≥ 3.1, < 3.1.1.4.23.1.1.4.2

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As Patchstack, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Easy Digital Downloadsother versions: not affected

    package easy-digital-downloadshttps://wordpress.org/plugins

    Affected
    • ≥ 3.1, ≤ 3.1.1.4.1fixed in 3.1.1.4.2custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-05-03

Fix

  1. Update Awesomemotive easy digital downloads to 3.1.1.4.2

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-05-02
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-49r3-jh88-8r77

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-30869?

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads plugin allows unauth. Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from 3.1 through 3.1.1.4.1.

Is CVE-2023-30869 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-30869 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 3.1% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-30869?

CVE-2023-30869 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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