CVE-2023-6983
Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Meta Disclosure
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the vg_display_data shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive post meta.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Meta Disclosure
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the vg_display_data shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive post meta.
- Record
CVE-2023-6983- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-59175
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the vg_display_data shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive post meta.
- Record
EUVD-2023-59175- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v92p-76ff-mghv
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is...
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the vg_display_data shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive post meta.
- Record
GHSA-v92p-76ff-mghv- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the vg_display_data shortcode due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive post meta.
- Record
CVE-2023-6983- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- 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-2023-6983 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Josevega Display Custom Fields In The Frontend – Post And User Profile Fields, published February 5, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08d43c67-df40-4f1a-a351-803e59edee13?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3021133%40shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data&new=3021133%40shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6983
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v92p-76ff-mghv