Vulnerability

CVE-2023-36563

Medium· 6.5KEVCVSS6.5EPSS21%

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Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft WordPad contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.

Threat signal

78/100

High

Severity

medium

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

21%

Active

KEV

CISA KEV — actively exploited

959d overdue

AffectedMicrosoft — WordPad

Added to KEV

2023-10-10

Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)

2023-10-31

Required action (CISA verbatim)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vendor advisory + references

CISA description: “Microsoft WordPad contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.”

CVSS

v3.1Open in FIRST calculator →

6.5/ 10MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredNoneUnauthenticated — no credentials needed.
User InteractionRequiredRequires user action (click, file open, etc).
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactNoneNo integrity impact.
Availability ImpactNoneNo availability impact.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

20.9%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p97

higher than 97% of all CVEs

6-day trend↑ 18.1pp

Above the FIRST 'patch on a priority schedule' threshold.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2023-36563. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCAttend

Active exploitation with limited impact — coordinate patching

exploitation: active
automatable: no
impact: partial
mission: support

Lifecycle

2023-10-10Added to CISA KEVransomware: Unknown
2023-10-10Published
2023-10-31Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)
2026-06-15Last modified1 source

No source-event history recorded yet. New revisions will appear here as ingestors re-fetch this CVE.