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GHSA-G352-7RFF-PGCM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-28 06:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:32

Details

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.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2023-6226 (GCVE-0-2023-6226)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-28 04:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:51

Title

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.13.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Information Disclosure

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortc…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
gn_themes	WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.13.3 (semver)

Credits

Francesco Carlucci

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GHSA-G352-7RFF-PGCM

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