{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5425 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5425 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-5425 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager, published on 28 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5425 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-5425 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager, published on 28 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5425 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5425/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5425/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-5425","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5425/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-5425","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7vmh-92c8-vp9r"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator due to missing capability checks in the Post Meta Data Manager plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"post_meta_data_manager","vendor":"wpexpertplugins"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"description":"The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pmdm_wp_change_user_meta and pmdm_wp_change_post_meta functions in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to gain elevated (e.g., administrator) privileges.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Post Meta Data Manager \u003c=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-5425","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Post Meta Data Manager \u003c=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to User, Term, and Post Meta Deletion","id":"CVE-2023-5426"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WS Form LITE \u003c= 1.9.217 - Unauthenticated CSV Injection","id":"CVE-2023-5424"},"products":["Post Meta Data Manager"],"published":"2023-10-28","related":[{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Post Meta Data Manager \u003c=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to User, Term, and Post Meta Deletion","id":"CVE-2023-5426","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-28"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Post Meta Data Manager \u003c= 1.4.4 - Authentciated (Admin+) Multisite Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2024-13835","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-03-08"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Post Meta Data Manager \u003c= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2024-6264","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-07-02"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"Post Meta Data Manager \u003c= 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Post, Term, and User Meta Deletion","id":"CVE-2023-5776","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-11-21"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["gandhihitesh9"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator due to missing capability checks in the Post Meta Data Manager plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5425/"}