Improper Authorization in Post Meta Data Manager - CVE-2023-5426
Published: October 30, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82563
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5426
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing capability check on the "pmdm_wp_delete_user_meta", "pmdm_wp_delete_term_meta" and "pmdm_wp_ajax_delete_meta" functions. A remote attacker can delete user, term and post meta belonging to arbitrary users.
Affected software
Post Meta Data Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2023-5426
Install updates from vendor's website.
Post Meta Data Manager - update to 1.2.1