What is CVE-2023-0911?

CVE-2023-0911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-0911?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0911 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate

CVE-2023-0911

The WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 5.12.8 does not validate the user meta to be retrieved via the user shortcode, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to retrieve arbitrary user met…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.007 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate
Unknown Wordpress Shortcodes Plugin — Ultimate — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0911?: CVE-2023-0911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-0911?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0911 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.