User Shortcodes Plus <= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Disclosure via user_meta Shortcode

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-6969
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 26, 2024
Last Updated October 24, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The User Shortcodes Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the user_meta 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 user meta.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug user-shortcodes-plus (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.2
Patched Version
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