CVE-2023-5776 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.1. This flaw stems from a lack of nonce validation in key deletion functions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary user, term, and post metadata. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (e.g., clicking a malicious link) but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpexpertplugins:post_meta_data_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.