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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-5426
CVE-2023-5426:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2023-5426) related to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.2.0, discovered and disclosed in October 2023. The affected functions include pmdmwpdeleteusermeta, pmdmwpdeletetermmeta, and pmdmwpajaxdeletemeta (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing capability checks in three key functions: pmdmwpdeleteusermeta, pmdmwpdeletetermmeta, and pmdmwpajaxdeletemeta. The severity is rated as HIGH with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to delete user, term, and post meta belonging to arbitrary users in WordPress installations running the affected plugin versions (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.2.1 of the Post Meta Data Manager plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to protect against potential exploitation (Wordfence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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