CVE-2023-30869

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—💥 Exploit

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads plugin allows unauth. Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from 3.1 through 3.1.1.4.1.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 9.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.10%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 87
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Nuclei template (automated mass detection) · Easy Digital Downloads - Privilege Escalation

Affected technologies (1)

Awesomemotive — Easy Digital Downloads

CWEs

CWE-287

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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