🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-5843

CRITICAL 9.0

Ads by datafeedr.com <= 1.1.3 - Unauthenticated (Limited) Remote Code Execution

CVSS Score
9.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Ads by datafeedr.com plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 via the 'dfads_ajax_load_ads' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. The parameters of the callable function are limited, they cannot be specified arbitrarily.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor datafeedrcom
Product ads by datafeedr.com
Published Oct 30, 2023
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

datafeedrcom / Ads by datafeedr.com
0 ≤ 1.1.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5412fd87-49bc-445c-8d16-443e38933d1e?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ads-by-datafeedrcom/tags/1.1.3/inc/dfads.class.php#L34 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2991088/ads-by-datafeedrcom

Credits

István Márton