Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5710
CVE-2023-5710
Description
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_constants() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive information such as database credentials.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=2.8.7
Patches
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.7/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.phpnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.8/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f170379e-e833-42e0-96fd-1e1722a8331cnvdThird Party Advisory
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