CVE-2023-6969

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.3 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Mar 13, 2024

Summary

CVE-2023-6969 is a vulnerability affecting the User Shortcodes Plus plugin for WordPress. This issue allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to perform an Insecure Direct Object Reference attack using the user_meta shortcode. The lack of validation on a user-controlled key in all versions up to 2.0.2 makes sensitive user meta accessible to unauthorized individuals. This vulnerability could potentially lead to data breaches or further system compromise. WordPress users are strongly urged to update to the latest version of the plugin to mitigate the risk.

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