vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data: CVE-2023-31073: Missing Authorization

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 24, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025

Description

The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the display_object_data_shortcode function referenced by the vg_display_data shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers , with subscriber-level access and above, to access other users' metadata.

Solution

shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data-plugin-cve-2023-31073
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