CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-36563

5.5 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2023-10-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Microsoft WordPad

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

Added to KEV: 2023-10-10
Remediation due: 2023-10-31
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36563; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36563

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2023-10-10
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 1507 (< 10.0.10240.20232) • microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.6351) • microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.4974) • microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19041.3570) • microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.3570) • microsoft windows 11 21h2 (< 10.0.22000.2538) • microsoft windows 11 22h2 (< 10.0.22621.2428) • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows server 2008 r2 • microsoft windows server 2012 • microsoft windows server 2012 r2 • microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.6351) • microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.4974) • microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.2031)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References