Authenticated user metadata disclosure via su_user shortcode
Published Mar 20, 2023 · Updated Feb 25, 2025
Information disclosure in GetShortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate before 5.12.8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary user metadata. The su_user shortcode accepts attacker-controlled field and user_id attributes and returns the selected account metadata without authorization, excluding only user_pass. Subscriber access is sufficient to invoke the shortcode through WordPress AJAX and disclose email addresses, activation keys, and other stored user metadata.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in GetShortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate before 5.12.8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary user metadata. The su_user shortcode accepts attacker-controlled field and user_id attributes and returns the selected account metadata without authorization, excluding only user_pass. Subscriber access is sufficient to invoke the shortcode through WordPress AJAX and disclose email addresses, activation keys, and other stored user metadata.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-0911
- Published
- Mar 20, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Vladimir Anokhin
- Product
- Shortcodes Ultimate
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 20, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.12.8
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What is affected?
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What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Public exploit references
- Authenticated su_user AJAX proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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