CVE-2023-0911 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure
Authenticated subscribers can retrieve arbitrary user metadata, including emails and activation keys, due to missing validation in the user shortcode.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-0911?
CVE-2023-0911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate, published on 20 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0911?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate.
How do I fix CVE-2023-0911?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0911 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-0911 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0911 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
- CVE-2017-18580 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2023-23800 WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CVE-2023-25040 WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-0890 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access
- CVE-2025-5567 Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.0 - Authenticted (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-url' Attribute
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8c5m-67fx-9q72.