High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5311
CVE-2023-5311
Description
The WP EXtra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the register() function in versions up to, and including, 6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to modify the contents of the .htaccess files located in a site's root directory or /wp-content and /wp-includes folders and achieve remote code execution. CVE-2023-46623 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2977703/wp-extranvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87e3dd5e-0d77-4d78-8171-0beaf9482699nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- giongfnef.gitbook.io/giongfnef/cve/cve-2023-5311nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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