Post Meta Data Manager <=1.2.0 — Missing Authorization to User, Term, and Post Meta Deletion
CVE-2023-5426Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2.0Update to 1.2.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Post Meta Data Manager post-meta-data-manager
- Affected≤ 1.2.0
- Patched in1.2.1
Update to 1.2.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.0. Version 1.2.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Post Meta Data Manager.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Post Meta Data Manager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Francesco Carlucci.
The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pmdm_wp_delete_user_meta, pmdm_wp_delete_term_meta, and pmdm_wp_ajax_delete_meta functions in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete user, term, and post meta belonging to arbitrary users.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| High7.2 | Authentciated (Admin+) Multisite Privilege Escalation ≤1.4.4No patch available | CVE-2024-13835 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.2.3Update to 1.3.0 | CVE-2024-6264 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to Post, Term, and User Meta Deletion ≤1.2.1Update to 1.2.2 | CVE-2023-5776 | |
| High8.8 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation ≤1.2.0Update to 1.2.1 | CVE-2023-5425 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization to Post, Term, and User Meta Deletion ≤1.2.0Update to 1.2.1 | — |
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- Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Post, Term, and User Meta Deletion
≤1.2.0Update to 1.2.1
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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