Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability
What happened
Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CISA lists it as exploited, added 10 Oct 2023.
Does it affect you
Names Microsoft Windows Server. Enter the product and version you run to place it against the affected range the vendor published.
What to do
- Apply the vendor patch named in this advisory.
msrc.microsoft.com - Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
cisa.gov
CISA’s notes for this entry:
Affected, as published to NVD
- ms-winserver
- Microsoft Windows Server: everything below 10.0.14393.6351
The record
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 10 Oct 2023, last modified 17 Jun 2026 (NVD)
- Severity
- CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5, Medium — computed here from the vector; NVD states 5.5.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation (NVD; names by MITRE)
- Exploitation
- Listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue since 10 Oct 2023; federal remediation due 31 Oct 2023. CISA entry
- Exploit probability
- EPSS 20.3%, 97th percentile — FIRST, scored 23 Oct 2026. FIRST EPSS
- Vendor
- Microsoft · WordPad (CISA)
References on the NVD record
- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36563PatchVendor Advisory
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-36563US Government Resource
Sources
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