CVE-2023-5454
Templately < 2.2.6 - Arbitrary post trashing via Missing Authorization
The Templately WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not properly authorize the saved-templates/delete REST API call, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary posts.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Templately WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not properly authorize the saved-templates/delete REST API call, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary posts.
- Record
CVE-2023-5454- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Templately < 2.2.6 - Arbitrary post trashing via Missing Authorization
The Templately WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not properly authorize the saved-templates/delete REST API call, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary posts.
- Record
CVE-2023-5454- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57768
The Templately WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not properly authorize the saved-templates/delete REST API call, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary posts.
- Record
EUVD-2023-57768- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-83w6-ppfq-rfhf
The Templately WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not properly authorize the `saved-templates...
The Templately WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not properly authorize the saved-templates/delete REST API call, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary posts.
- Record
GHSA-83w6-ppfq-rfhf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5454 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Templately, published November 6, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.