Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-6983
CVE-2023-6983
Description
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the vg_display_data 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 post meta.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:josevega:display_custom_fields_in_the_frontend_-_post_and_user_profile_fields:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <1.3.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08d43c67-df40-4f1a-a351-803e59edee13nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
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