Description
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.
Published: 2024-02-05
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-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.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields <= 1.2.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Meta Disclosure

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Josevega Display Custom Fields In The Frontend - Post And User Profile Fields
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:34:21.332Z

Reserved: 2023-12-20T08:26:59.524Z

Link: CVE-2023-6983

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:50:07.798Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-05T22:15:58.257

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:17:18.630

Link: CVE-2023-6983

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses