Medium severity · published Feb 5, 2024
CVE-2023-6983
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and…
4.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the vg_display_data 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 post meta.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DC
Display Custom Fields IN The Frontend - Post And User Profile Fields · Josevega
before 1.3.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
DC
Display Custom Fields IN The Frontend - Post And User Profile Fields
Josevega
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6983
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6983
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3021133%40shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data&new=3021133%40shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08d43c67-df40-4f1a-a351-803e59edee13?source=cve