medium Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2023-36563WordPad — information handed over by an opened document
Microsoft WordPad gives up information when it opens a crafted document. Microsoft publishes nothing beyond the class of flaw, and the application shipped on every desktop build of its era whether anyone used it or not.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 5.5/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 21% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2023-10-10
- Added to KEV
- 2023-10-10
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- collection
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attacker needsThe user must open a document the attacker supplied.
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorymsrc.microsoft.commsrc.microsoft.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.