CVE-2023-40005

WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.1.5 - Broken Access Control

5.3 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Easy Digital Downloads easy-digital-downloads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from n/a through <= 3.1.5.

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: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.64%Up 0.6 points since Dec 14, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.1.5 - Broken Access Control

Record: CVE-2023-40005
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-44628 5.3

Record: EUVD-2023-44628
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-485q-m5hh-2rqx 5.3

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads Easy Digital Downloads allows...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads Easy Digital Downloads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from n/a through 3.1.5.

Record: GHSA-485q-m5hh-2rqx
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.3

Record: CVE-2023-40005
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-40005 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, published December 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.