Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2023-6969

Description

The User Shortcodes Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the user_meta shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive user meta.

Affected products

Kylebjohnson/User Shortcodes Plus
cpe:2.3:a:kylebjohnson:user_shortcodes_plus:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=2.0.2

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76a0a87a-dff0-4a51-bad0-8868c342ecdenvdThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-shortcodes-plus/trunk/includes/Shortcodes/UserMeta.phpnvdProduct

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