CVE-2023-0911 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Getshortcodes	Shortcodes Ultimate

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12899	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/35404d16-7213-4293-ac0d-926bd6c17444

History

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-20T15:52:23.686Z

Updated: 2025-02-25T20:28:41.019Z

Reserved: 2023-02-18T09:44:16.619Z

Link: CVE-2023-0911

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:24:34.722Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-20T16:15:12.800

Modified: 2025-02-25T21:15:10.700

Link: CVE-2023-0911

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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