Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Code Injection

8.8
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2023-6996
CVSS 8.8 (High)
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 Code Injection via the plugin's vg_display_data shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient input validation and restriction on access to that shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to call arbitrary functions and execute code.

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Vulnerability Details for Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields

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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