WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 5.13.3 on WordPress resource injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 5.13.3 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to resource injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-6226. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 5.13.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-99. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.13.3 via the su_meta shortcode due to missing validation on the user controlled keys 'key' and 'post_id'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve arbitrary post meta values which may contain sensitive information when combined with another plugin.

The weakness was published 11/27/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-6226 since 11/20/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Resource injection
CWE: CWE-99
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/20/2023 🔍
11/27/2023 +7 days 🔍
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04/11/2026 +866 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-6226 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6226
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246215

Entryinfo

Created: 11/27/2023 21:03
Updated: 04/11/2026 10:34
Changes: 11/27/2023 21:03 (36), 12/17/2023 09:57 (1), 12/17/2023 10:00 (10), 04/11/2026 10:34 (27)
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Cache ID: 216:920:103

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