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WordPress Plugin: wp-meta-seo: CVE-2023-1026: Missing Authorization

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 24, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the listPostsCategory function in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to get post listings by category as long as those posts are published. This vulnerability occurred as a result of the plugin relying on nonce checks as a means of access control, and that nonce being accessible to all authenticated users regardless of role.

Solution

wp-meta-seo-plugin-cve-2023-1026
Title
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