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CVE-2023-5134: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Easy Registration Forms WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Information Disclosure via the 'erforms_user_meta' shortcode in versions up to and including 2.1.1. This vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in September 2023, affecting all installations of the Easy Registration Forms plugin up to version 2.1.1 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient controls on the information retrievable via the 'erforms_user_meta' shortcode. The issue exists due to inadequate restrictions on the data that can be accessed through this shortcode functionality. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level capabilities or above to retrieve arbitrary sensitive user meta data from the WordPress installation. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive user information stored in the WordPress database (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Website administrators running affected versions of the Easy Registration Forms plugin should update to a patched version as soon as possible. The vulnerability has been addressed in versions after 2.1.1 (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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