PT-2024-15144 · WordPress · Wp Meta Seo

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2024-05-02 · Updated 2024-05-11 · CVE-2023-6962

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 4.5.12

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to disclose potentially sensitive information via the meta description of password-protected posts. This is possible due to Sensitive Information Exposure in the meta description.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 4.5.12, update to a version later than 4.5.12 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the meta description of password-protected posts until a patch is available.

Fix

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-922

CWE-1230

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6962

Affected Products

Wp Meta Seo

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6962 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3071453%40wp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk&old=3068145%40wp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6962 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1786105959695163410 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0323b54b-c15b-4d2d-9e8f-3df87c84dd49?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/78878 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1789349005199135211 · Twitter Post