Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-5713
CVE-2023-5713
Description
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_option_value() 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 potentially sensitive option values, and deserialize the content of those values.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=2.8.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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/e9d1a33b-2518-48f7-90b6-a94a34473d1envdThird Party Advisory
- research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5713/nvd
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