WordPress Shortcode to display post and user data plugin <= 1.2.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2024-12-09 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-35402

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Jose Vega Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields: from n/a through 1.2.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Jose Vega Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields 1.2.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-09)

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Jose Vega Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/vulnerability/wordpress-shortcode-to-displa
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-31073
NVD CVE-2023-31073

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary