CVE-2023-6967: Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.10 (with the exception of 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2) due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access or higher, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Affected products

sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields: before 2.7.31.2; from 2.8 before 2.8.23.2; from 2.9 before 2.9.19.2; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.10.2 — fixed in 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2, 3.0.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2, 3.0.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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