WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.13.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Information Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.13.3 via the su_meta shortcode due to missing validation on the user controlled keys 'key' and 'post_id'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve arbitrary post meta values which may contain sensitive information when combined with another plugin.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6226
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g352-7rff-pgcm
References
Exploit 1
More gn_themes Shortcodes Ultimate vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-00863 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-00842 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-02988 Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2024-06270 Shortcodes Ultimate Pro < 7.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-02402 Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.0.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2017-13753 The shortcodes-ultimate plugin before 5.0.1 for WordPress has remote code execution via a… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-6226 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6226 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g352-7rff-pgcm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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