CVE-2023-0467

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2023-0467 · Published 27/03/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-0467 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting wp dark mode (wppool).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.68%, higher than 52.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.0.8 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wp dark mode wppool	`< 4.0.8`	`4.0.8`

Description

The WP Dark Mode WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not properly sanitize the style parameter in shortcodes before using it to load a PHP template. This leads to Local File Inclusion on servers where non-existent directories may be traversed, or when chained with another vulnerability allowing arbitrary directory creation.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8eb431a6-59a5-4cee-84e0-156c0b31cfc4 · Exploit

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