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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-2636

The AN_GradeBook WordPress plugin through 5.0.1 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as subscriber

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 8.8EPSS 6.94%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 6.9%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

The AN_GradeBook WordPress plugin through 5.0.1 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as subscriber

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
6.94% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 July 2023
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
an gradebook project/an gradebook
Source
contact@wpscan.com
EPSS trend
0%5%10%6 October 2026: 6.94%6 October 20266 October 2026

EPSS 6.9% since 6 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-51632source ↗WordPress Plugin AN_Gradebook 5.0.1 - SQLiphp · Lukas Kinnebergwebapps28 July 2023yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.