Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5711
CVE-2023-5711
Description
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_php_info() 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 provided by PHP info.
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1Patches
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References
4- 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/17bc3a9f-2bf9-44e3-81ef-bfa932085da9nvdThird Party Advisory
- research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5711/nvd
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