CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-6969
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-03-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639
Description
The User Shortcodes Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the user_meta shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive user meta.
Affected configurations
• kylebjohnson user shortcodes plus (<= 2.0.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-shortcodes-plus/trunk/includes/Shortcodes/UserMeta.php Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76a0a87a-dff0-4a51-bad0-8868c342ecde?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-shortcodes-plus/trunk/includes/Shortcodes/UserMeta.php Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76a0a87a-dff0-4a51-bad0-8868c342ecde?source=cve Third Party Advisory