Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2023-10-10
Federal due date
2023-10-31
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
WordPad
EPSS
86.5th percentile (score 0.028, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36563

CISA short description

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

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.