What is CVE-2023-6226?

CVE-2023-6226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-11-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-6226?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-6226 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-2023-6226

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.13.3 via the su_meta shortcode due to missing validation on the user controlled keys 'key' and 'post_id'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve arbitrary post meta values which may contain sensitive information when combined with another plugin.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2023-11-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate
Gn Themes Wp Shortcodes Plugin — Ultimate — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d936a48-b300-4a41-8d28-ba34c… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcode… (Exploit)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6226?: CVE-2023-6226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-6226?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6226 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.