CVE-2023-6731 (GCVE-0-2023-6731)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-02 16:52 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:35
VLAI?
Summary
The WP Show Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on multiple AJAX functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to view arbitrary post metadata, list posts, and view terms and taxonomies.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
edge22 WP Show Posts Affected: * , ≤ 1.1.5 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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