PT-2023-32571 · WordPress · Wp Shortcodes Plugin

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2023-11-28 · Updated 2023-12-04 · CVE-2023-6226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.13.3

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to retrieve arbitrary post meta values, which may contain sensitive information when combined with another plugin. This is due to missing validation on the user-controlled keys key and post id via the su meta shortcode.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.13.3, update to a version that includes the necessary validation for the key and post id parameters to prevent unauthorized access to post meta values. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the su meta shortcode for users with contributor-level access and above until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

IDOR

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-639

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6226

Affected Products

Wp Shortcodes Plugin

References · 7

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/meta.php · Exploit
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3000576%40shortcodes-ultimate&new=3000576%40shortcodes-ultimate&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d936a48-b300-4a41-8d28-ba34cb3c5cb7?source=cve · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6226 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/62161 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/61311 · Telegram Post