diff --git a/planner/core/BUILD.bazel b/planner/core/BUILD.bazel
index 16d9524a476bf..747f35d70cbd7 100644
--- a/planner/core/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/planner/core/BUILD.bazel
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ go_library(
         "point_get_plan.go",
         "preprocess.go",
         "property_cols_prune.go",
+        "recheck_cte.go",
         "resolve_indices.go",
         "rule_aggregation_elimination.go",
         "rule_aggregation_push_down.go",
diff --git a/planner/core/issuetest/planner_issue_test.go b/planner/core/issuetest/planner_issue_test.go
index 1b5acda276873..898bf3f282208 100644
--- a/planner/core/issuetest/planner_issue_test.go
+++ b/planner/core/issuetest/planner_issue_test.go
@@ -90,3 +90,65 @@ func TestIssue46083(t *testing.T) {
 	tk.MustExec("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE v0(v1 int)")
 	tk.MustExec("INSERT INTO v0 WITH ta2 AS (TABLE v0) TABLE ta2 FOR UPDATE OF ta2;")
 }
+
+func TestIssue47781(t *testing.T) {
+	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t, t1, t2")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t (id int,name varchar(10))")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t values(1,'tt')")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t1(id int,name varchar(10),name1 varchar(10),name2 varchar(10))")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t1 values(1,'tt','ttt','tttt'),(2,'dd','ddd','dddd')")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t2(id int,name varchar(10),name1 varchar(10),name2 varchar(10),`date1` date)")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t2 values(1,'tt','ttt','tttt','2099-12-31'),(2,'dd','ddd','dddd','2099-12-31')")
+	tk.MustQuery(`WITH bzzs AS (
+  SELECT 
+    count(1) AS bzn 
+  FROM 
+    t c
+), 
+tmp1 AS (
+  SELECT 
+    t1.* 
+  FROM 
+    t1 
+    LEFT JOIN bzzs ON 1 = 1 
+  WHERE 
+    name IN ('tt') 
+    AND bzn <> 1
+), 
+tmp2 AS (
+  SELECT 
+    tmp1.*, 
+    date('2099-12-31') AS endate 
+  FROM 
+    tmp1
+), 
+tmp3 AS (
+  SELECT 
+    * 
+  FROM 
+    tmp2 
+  WHERE 
+    endate > CURRENT_DATE 
+  UNION ALL 
+  SELECT 
+    '1' AS id, 
+    'ss' AS name, 
+    'sss' AS name1, 
+    'ssss' AS name2, 
+    date('2099-12-31') AS endate 
+  FROM 
+    bzzs t1 
+  WHERE 
+    bzn = 1
+) 
+SELECT 
+  c2.id, 
+  c3.id 
+FROM 
+  t2 db 
+  LEFT JOIN tmp3 c2 ON c2.id = '1' 
+  LEFT JOIN tmp3 c3 ON c3.id = '1';`).Check(testkit.Rows("1 1", "1 1"))
+}
diff --git a/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go b/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
index ec358a250b6e5..81e9252db685b 100644
--- a/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
+++ b/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
@@ -4456,7 +4456,7 @@ func (b *PlanBuilder) tryBuildCTE(ctx context.Context, tn *ast.TableName, asName
 					LimitEnd: limitEnd, pushDownPredicates: make([]expression.Expression, 0), ColumnMap: make(map[string]*expression.Column)}
 			}
 			var p LogicalPlan
-			lp := LogicalCTE{cteAsName: tn.Name, cteName: tn.Name, cte: cte.cteClass, seedStat: cte.seedStat, isOuterMostCTE: !b.buildingCTE}.Init(b.ctx, b.getSelectOffset())
+			lp := LogicalCTE{cteAsName: tn.Name, cteName: tn.Name, cte: cte.cteClass, seedStat: cte.seedStat}.Init(b.ctx, b.getSelectOffset())
 			prevSchema := cte.seedLP.Schema().Clone()
 			lp.SetSchema(getResultCTESchema(cte.seedLP.Schema(), b.ctx.GetSessionVars()))
 
diff --git a/planner/core/logical_plans.go b/planner/core/logical_plans.go
index eadb48c281aa5..a561ce702228d 100644
--- a/planner/core/logical_plans.go
+++ b/planner/core/logical_plans.go
@@ -1964,6 +1964,7 @@ type CTEClass struct {
 	// pushDownPredicates may be push-downed by different references.
 	pushDownPredicates []expression.Expression
 	ColumnMap          map[string]*expression.Column
+	isOuterMostCTE     bool
 }
 
 const emptyCTEClassSize = int64(unsafe.Sizeof(CTEClass{}))
@@ -1995,11 +1996,10 @@ func (cc *CTEClass) MemoryUsage() (sum int64) {
 type LogicalCTE struct {
 	logicalSchemaProducer
 
-	cte            *CTEClass
-	cteAsName      model.CIStr
-	cteName        model.CIStr
-	seedStat       *property.StatsInfo
-	isOuterMostCTE bool
+	cte       *CTEClass
+	cteAsName model.CIStr
+	cteName   model.CIStr
+	seedStat  *property.StatsInfo
 }
 
 // LogicalCTETable is for CTE table
diff --git a/planner/core/optimizer.go b/planner/core/optimizer.go
index 1e877ed114f24..4b30741c26200 100644
--- a/planner/core/optimizer.go
+++ b/planner/core/optimizer.go
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ func BuildLogicalPlanForTest(ctx context.Context, sctx sessionctx.Context, node
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
+	if logic, ok := p.(LogicalPlan); ok {
+		RecheckCTE(logic)
+	}
 	return p, p.OutputNames(), err
 }
 
diff --git a/planner/core/recheck_cte.go b/planner/core/recheck_cte.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d09c3eb63bec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planner/core/recheck_cte.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright 2023 PingCAP, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package core
+
+import "github.com/pingcap/tidb/planner/funcdep"
+
+// RecheckCTE fills the IsOuterMostCTE field for CTEs.
+// It's a temp solution to before we fully use the Sequence to optimize the CTEs.
+// This func checks whether the CTE is referenced only by the main query or not.
+func RecheckCTE(p LogicalPlan) {
+	visited := funcdep.NewFastIntSet()
+	findCTEs(p, &visited, true)
+}
+
+func findCTEs(
+	p LogicalPlan,
+	visited *funcdep.FastIntSet,
+	isRootTree bool,
+) {
+	if cteReader, ok := p.(*LogicalCTE); ok {
+		cte := cteReader.cte
+		if !isRootTree {
+			// Set it to false since it's referenced by other CTEs.
+			cte.isOuterMostCTE = false
+		}
+		if visited.Has(cte.IDForStorage) {
+			return
+		}
+		visited.Insert(cte.IDForStorage)
+		// Set it when we meet it first time.
+		cte.isOuterMostCTE = isRootTree
+		findCTEs(cte.seedPartLogicalPlan, visited, false)
+		if cte.recursivePartLogicalPlan != nil {
+			findCTEs(cte.recursivePartLogicalPlan, visited, false)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	for _, child := range p.Children() {
+		findCTEs(child, visited, isRootTree)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/planner/core/rule_predicate_push_down.go b/planner/core/rule_predicate_push_down.go
index a0f9a7dd367df..01cd085d5bd0d 100644
--- a/planner/core/rule_predicate_push_down.go
+++ b/planner/core/rule_predicate_push_down.go
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ func (p *LogicalCTE) PredicatePushDown(predicates []expression.Expression, _ *lo
 		// Doesn't support recursive CTE yet.
 		return predicates, p.self
 	}
-	if !p.isOuterMostCTE {
+	if !p.cte.isOuterMostCTE {
 		return predicates, p.self
 	}
 	pushedPredicates := make([]expression.Expression, len(predicates))
diff --git a/planner/optimize.go b/planner/optimize.go
index d5ee997057180..02620a48a4aec 100644
--- a/planner/optimize.go
+++ b/planner/optimize.go
@@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ func optimize(ctx context.Context, sctx sessionctx.Context, node ast.Node, is in
 		return p, names, 0, nil
 	}
 
+	core.RecheckCTE(logic)
+
 	// Handle the logical plan statement, use cascades planner if enabled.
 	if sctx.GetSessionVars().GetEnableCascadesPlanner() {
 		finalPlan, cost, err := cascades.DefaultOptimizer.FindBestPlan(sctx, logic)