CVE-2023-5712: Bowo System Dashboard

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_global_value() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive global value information.

Affected products

• Bowo System Dashboard: up to and including 2.8.7

Published 2023-12-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.