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CVE-2023-52133WordPress Most And Least Read Posts Widget Plugin <= 2.5.16 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in WhileTrue Most And Least Read Posts Widget.This issue affects Most And Least Read Posts Widget: from n/a through 2.5.16.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Patchstack
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 54% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
WhileTrue · Most And Least Read Posts Widget
- affected n/a – ≤ 2.5.16
What to do
Solution: Update to 2.5.17 or a higher version.
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-56807 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-52133)Record last updated .