CVE-2023-0911

MEDIUM

Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Authenticated Arbitrary User Meta Retrieval via User Shortcode

Title source: llm

Description

The WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 5.12.8 does not validate the user meta to be retrieved via the user shortcode, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to retrieve arbitrary user meta (except the user_pass), such as the user email and activation key by default.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/35404d16-7213-4293-ac0d-926bd6c17444

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0065

EPSS Percentile 46.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (1)

getshortcodes/shortcodes_ultimate < 5.12.8

Published Mar 20, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026