WordPress Perfmatters Plugin <= 2.1.6 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

published 2024-02-29 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-51964

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Perfmatters.This issue affects Perfmatters: from n/a through 2.1.6.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Perfmatters Perfmatters 2.1.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-03-01)

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Perfmatters Perfmatters

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/perfmatters/wordpress-perfmatters-plugin-2-1-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-47874
NVD CVE-2023-47874

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary