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CVE-2023-4469: Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft <= 1.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the prflxtrflds_export_file function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to expose potentially sensitive user data, including data entered into custom fields.

Affected products

• bestwebsoft Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft: through 1.2.7

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2975179/profile-extra-fields
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/916c73e8-a150-4b35-8773-ea0ec29f7fd1?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2975179/profile-extra-fields
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/916c73e8-a150-4b35-8773-ea0ec29f7fd1?source=cve

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