# CVE-2023-6257: Inline Related Posts < 3.6.0 - Subscriber+ Password Protected Post Read

> Authenticated subscribers can bypass password protection to read restricted post content via an insecure AJAX action in the Inline Related Posts plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 11 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f35w-r35c-hc8m

## What is CVE-2023-6257?

CVE-2023-6257 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Inline Related Posts, published on 11 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Inline Related Posts WordPress plugin before 3.6.0 is missing authorization in an AJAX action to ensure that users are allowed to see the content of the posts displayed, allowing any authenticated user, such as subscriber to retrieve the content of password protected posts

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6257?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Data443 Inline Related Posts.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6257?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6257 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6257 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-6257 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Inline Related Posts

- [CVE-2024-6487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6487/): Inline Related Posts < 3.8.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-5626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5626/): Inline Related Posts < 3.7.0 - Reflected XSS (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-2444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2444/): Inline Related Posts < 3.5.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6257 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6257 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Inline Related Posts, published on 11 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-6257 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Inline Related Posts. 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-2023-6257/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6257/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6257
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6257
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6257

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6257/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.