CVE-2023-6226 WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.13.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Information Disclosure

What is CVE-2023-6226?

CVE-2023-6226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate, published on 28 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.13.3 via the su_meta shortcode due to missing validation on the user controlled keys 'key' and 'post_id'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve arbitrary post meta values which may contain sensitive information when combined with another plugin.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6226?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6226?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-6226 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6226 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate

• CVE-2017-18580 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-23800 WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) High 7.1
• CVE-2023-25040 WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-0890 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-0911 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-g352-7rff-pgcm.