# CVE-2023-2446: UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure via Shortcode

> Authenticated subscribers can retrieve sensitive user meta via shortcode, potentially leading to high-privilege account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 22 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g86m-gmqj-jhhp

## What is CVE-2023-2446?

CVE-2023-2446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin, published on 22 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure via the 'userpro' shortcode in versions up to, and including 5.1.1. This is due to insufficient restriction on sensitive user meta values that can be called via that shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions, and above to retrieve sensitive user meta that can be used to gain access to a high privileged user account.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2446?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Userproplugin Userpro.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2446?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2446 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin

- [CVE-2024-35700](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35700/): WordPress UserPro plugin <= 5.1.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2437/): UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Authentication Bypass to Administrator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2449/): UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-16562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16562/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2440/): UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2446 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin, published on 22 Nov 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-2023-2446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin. 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-2023-2446/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2446/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2446
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2446
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2446

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2446/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.