CVE-2023-6226

low-risk
Published 2023-11-28

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.13.3 via the su_meta shortcode due to missing validation on the user controlled keys 'key' and 'post_id'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve arbitrary post meta values which may contain sensitive information when combined with another plugin.

Do I need to act?

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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Getshortcodes

References (6)

Exploit https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/sh...
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old...
Patch https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d936a48-b300-4a41-8d2...
Exploit https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/sh...
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old...
Patch https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d936a48-b300-4a41-8d2...
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal