# CVE-2023-0550: Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference

> Authenticated attackers can modify or delete arbitrary posts due to missing authorization checks in the Quick Restaurant Menu plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wrf9-6jf3-2w3c

## What is CVE-2023-0550?

CVE-2023-0550 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu, published on 27 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Quick Restaurant Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 2.0.2. This is due to the fact that during menu item deletion/modification, the plugin does not verify that the post ID provided to the AJAX action is indeed a menu item. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to modify or delete arbitrary posts.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0550?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thingsforrestaurants Quick Restaurant Menu.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0550?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0550 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu

- [CVE-2023-0554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0554/): Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0555/): Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Missing Authorization (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0553/): Quick Restaurant Menu <= 2.0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0550 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0550 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu, published on 27 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: alejandropascual Quick Restaurant Menu. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0550/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0550/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0550
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0550
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0550

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0550/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.