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CVE-2023-5710: System Dashboard <= 2.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure (sd_constants)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_constants() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive information such as database credentials.

Affected products

• qriouslad System Dashboard: through 2.8.7

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.7/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L7930
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.8/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L7951
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f170379e-e833-42e0-96fd-1e1722a8331c?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.7/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L7930
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/system-dashboard/tags/2.8.8/admin/class-system-dashboard-admin.php#L7951
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f170379e-e833-42e0-96fd-1e1722a8331c?source=cve

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