CVE•Published 2023-11-20•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2023-6196Myaudiomerchant · Audio_merchant
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
31
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 69% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Audio Merchant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the function audio_merchant_add_audio_file function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Timeline
Published 2023-11-20
Modified 2026-04-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2023-6196Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · WP plugin path
http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/audio-merchant/"Matches any site loading the "audio-merchant" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.
Shodan · product
product:"Myaudiomerchant Audio Merchant"All exposed Myaudiomerchant Audio Merchant instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Audio Merchant"HTTP body or banner mentions "Audio Merchant" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2023-6196Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-6196Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2023-6196Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2023-6196GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2023-6196" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.