CVE-2023-28121
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an...
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
- Record
CVE-2023-28121- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
- Record
CVE-2023-28121- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-31832 No score
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
- Record
EUVD-2023-31832- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rw6j-4w4v-pm7m
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an...
An issue in WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress (versions 5.6.1 and lower) allows an unauthenticated attacker to send requests on behalf of an elevated user, like administrator. This allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain admin access on a site that has the affected version of the plugin activated.
- Record
GHSA-rw6j-4w4v-pm7m- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | Wordpress Plugin WooCommerce Payments Unauthenticated Admin Creation | 2023-03-22 |
| Nuclei | WooCommerce Payments - Unauthorized Admin Access | |
| PoC in GitHub | 0axz-tools/CVE-2023-28121 | 2025-10-19 |
| PoC in GitHub | 1337nemojj/CVE-2023-28121 | 2023-11-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | Jenderal92/WP-CVE-2023-28121 | 2023-11-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | gbrsh/CVE-2023-28121 | 2023-03-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | im-hanzou/Mass-CVE-2023-28121 | 2023-07-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | luisdevpentest/CVE-2023-28121-WordPress-Privilege-Escalation | 2026-04-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | rio128128/Mass-CVE-2023-28121-kdoec | 2023-07-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | sug4r-wr41th/CVE-2023-28121 | 2025-04-12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-28121 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Automattic Woocommerce Payments, published April 12, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.4%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.