CVE-2023-5776 json
Post Meta Data Manager <= 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Post, Term, and User Meta Deletion
published 2023-11-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-58059
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the pmdm_wp_ajax_delete_meta, pmdm_wp_delete_user_meta, and pmdm_wp_delete_user_meta functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary user, term, and post meta via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Patch / fix
- wpexpertplugins post_meta_data_manager 1.2.2
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
- Technology feeds
References
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plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2981559%40post-meta-data-manager&new=2981559%40post-meta-data-m
patch
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2994271%40post-meta-data-manager&new=2994271%40post-meta-data-m
patch
-
wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d49b8c44-4dad-4990-a8a8-116b424a7dfa?source=cve
third-party-advisory
-
plugins.svn.wordpress.org
/post-meta-data-manager/tags/1.2.1/readme.txt
release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-5776
- NVD CVE-2023-5776
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