CVE-2023-6983 describes an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability in the "Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields" WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to 1.2.1. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to retrieve sensitive post metadata due to insufficient validation of a user-controlled key within the vg_display_data shortcode. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack over the network with limited confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:josevega:display_custom_fields_in_the_frontend_-_post_and_user_profile_fields:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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