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CVE-2023-6748: Custom Field Template <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Information Exposure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Custom Field Template plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 via the 'cft' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor access and above, to extract sensitive data including arbitrary post metadata.

Affected products

• hiroaki-miyashita Custom Field Template: before 2.6.2 — fixed in 2.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: hiroaki-miyashita Custom Field Template 2.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3069937%40custom-field-template&new=3069937%40custom-field-template&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fcd0410-9423-4349-8d1c-3551de38a7c7?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3069937%40custom-field-template&new=3069937%40custom-field-template&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fcd0410-9423-4349-8d1c-3551de38a7c7?source=cve

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