CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-5425

8.8 HIGH Published 2023-10-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-10-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-862

Description

The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pmdm_wp_change_user_meta and pmdm_wp_change_post_meta functions in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to gain elevated (e.g., administrator) privileges.

Affected configurations

• wpexpertplugins post meta data manager (< 1.2.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References