CVE-2023-24676: ProcessWire · Code Injection
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:54 UTC
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 70% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Restrict administrative access to ProcessWire installations to trusted personnel only and enforce strong authentication mechanisms, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Regularly audit and monitor admin activities, especially module installations and changes to system configurations.
- Implement network segmentation to limit access to the CMS backend and reduce the attack surface.
- Review and validate all installed modules to ensure they come from trusted sources and have not been tampered with.
- Keep ProcessWire installations updated and monitor official channels for patches addressing this vulnerability.
- Employ intrusion detection and prevention systems to detect unusual activities such as reverse shell connections.
- Conduct regular security training for administrators to recognize phishing and credential compromise risks.
- Consider implementing application whitelisting or code integrity verification to prevent unauthorized code execution.
Description
An issue found in ProcessWire 3.0.210 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code and install a reverse shell via the download_zip_url parameter when installing a new module. NOTE: this is disputed because exploitation requires that the attacker is able to enter requests as an admin; however, a ProcessWire admin is intentionally allowed to install any module that contains any arbitrary code.