Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Meta Disclosure

4.3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-6983
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 16, 2024
Last Updated February 5, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.1
Patched Version
  • 1.3.0

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