Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published May 31, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-1661
CVE-2023-1661
Description
The Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Affected products
3- Display Post Meta\, Term Meta\, Comment Meta\, And User Meta Project/Display Post Meta\, Term Meta\, Comment Meta\, And User Metacpe:2.3:a:display_post_meta\,_term_meta\,_comment_meta\,_and_user_meta_project:display_post_meta\,_term_meta\,_comment_meta\,_and_user_meta:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=0.4.1
- Range: <=1.0.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f90c0d8-ede6-4f24-870f-19e888238e93nvdThird Party Advisory
- wordpress.org/plugins/display-metadata/nvdProductRelease Notes
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