# CVE-2023-6799: WP Reset <= 2.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure due to Insufficient Randomness

> Unauthenticated attackers can brute-force snapshot filenames to extract sensitive site backups due to insufficient randomness in WP Reset plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jx9r-9m63-c2rc

## What is CVE-2023-6799?

CVE-2023-6799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webfactory WP Reset, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 via the use of insufficiently random snapshot names. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including site backups by brute-forcing the snapshot filenames. Please note that the vendor does not plan to do any further hardening on this functionality.

Weakness: CWE-330 (Use of Insufficiently Random Values)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6799?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Webfactoryltd Wp Reset.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6799?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6799 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6799 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in webfactory WP Reset

- [CVE-2021-24424](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24424/): WP Reset < 1.90 - Authenticated Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-4661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4661/): WP Reset <= 2.02 - Missing Authorization to License Key Modification (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6799 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webfactory WP Reset, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6799 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: webfactory WP Reset. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6799/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6799/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6799
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6799
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6799

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6799/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.