CVE-2023-6996

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Code Injection via the plugin's vg_display_data shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient input validation and restriction on access to that shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to call arbitrary functions and execute code.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 5, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-6996: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix