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CVE-2023-6969: User Shortcodes Plus <= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Disclosure via user_meta Shortcode

• 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: 2024-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The User Shortcodes Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the user_meta shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive user meta.

Affected products

• kbjohnson90 User Shortcodes Plus: through 2.0.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-shortcodes-plus/trunk/includes/Shortcodes/UserMeta.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76a0a87a-dff0-4a51-bad0-8868c342ecde?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-shortcodes-plus/trunk/includes/Shortcodes/UserMeta.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76a0a87a-dff0-4a51-bad0-8868c342ecde?source=cve

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