CVE-2023-49849
WordPress Shortcoder plugin <= 6.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in vaakash Shortcoder shortcoder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortcoder: from n/a through <= 6.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Shortcoder plugin <= 6.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in vaakash Shortcoder shortcoder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortcoder: from n/a through <= 6.3.
- Record
CVE-2023-49849- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-53757
Missing Authorization vulnerability in vaakash Shortcoder shortcoder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortcoder: from n/a through <= 6.3.
- Record
EUVD-2023-53757- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cg38-qgv8-xggm
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Aakash Chakravarthy Shortcoder allows Exploiting...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Aakash Chakravarthy Shortcoder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortcoder: from n/a through 6.3.
- Record
GHSA-cg38-qgv8-xggm- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Missing Authorization vulnerability in vaakash Shortcoder shortcoder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortcoder: from n/a through <= 6.3.
- Record
CVE-2023-49849- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-49849 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Aakash Chakravarthy Shortcoder, published December 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/shortcoder/vulnerability/wordpress-shortcoder-plugin-6-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49849
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cg38-qgv8-xggm