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CVE-2023-46623 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.01851,"percentile":0.793,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2023-10-25T07:36:02Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:19Z","products":[{"vendor":"wpvncom","product":"wp extra – one click optimize"},{"vendor":"wpvnteam","product":"wp_extra"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87e3dd5e-0d77-4d78-8171-0beaf9482699?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://giongfnef.gitbook.io/giongfnef/cve/cve-2023-5311","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2977703/wp-extra","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5311"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p3gw-wp5c-9ccx"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5311","title":"WP EXtra \u003c= 6.2 - Missing Authorization to .htaccess File Modification","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. 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CVE-2023-46623 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-25T18:17:43.497Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:19.107Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:40.004465Z"}]}}