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Vulnerabilities/CVE-2023-2288Public Intelligence Dossier
Source: themeisle · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2023-2288Unknown / EvaluatingHIGH (raw)CVSS 8.8CWE-502

The Otter WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not sanitize some user-controlled file paths before performing file operations on them

Published: 30 May 2023•Last updated: 24 Oct 2026, 06:40 PM IST•Source identifier: contact@wpscan.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
8.8HIGH (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metric sourcenvd@nist.gov
EPSS probability
18%0.180
Percentile97th
Weakness type
CWE-502
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

The Otter WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not sanitize some user-controlled file paths before performing file operations on them. This leads to a PHAR deserialization vulnerability on PHP < 8.0 using the phar:// stream wrapper.

SOC priority

High

Actively exploited (source statement)

Unknown

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: SOC ecosystem technology relevance; HIGH severity; Source severity; no confirmed exploitation signal

Affected Products & Remediation

1 source-backed product
Affected products and versions (source)
  • themeisle otter · < 2.2.6 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
Unknown
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

Matched deserialization (CWE-502)

Exposure

  1. Find installations of the affected component and confirm the source-stated version range.Telemetry: Application inventory · Deserialization risk requires component and version evidence. · Rule deserialization

Exploitation evidence

  1. Review unusual child processes or network connections from the affected service.Telemetry: DeviceProcessEvents · Unexpected behavior may support investigation but is not proof by itself. · Rule deserialization

Response

  1. Verify the vendor update or mitigation on each affected installation.Telemetry: Application change records · Response must follow the authoritative source guidance. · Rule deserialization

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
contact@wpscan.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · NVD API
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:themeisle:otter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

2 public sources
nvd.nist.govSource recordwpscan.comSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2023-2288
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2023-2288
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2023-2288"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
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