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Pods — Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

CVE-2023-6999Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <3.0.10.2Update to 2.7.31.2 or 2.8.23.2 or 2.9.19.2 or 3.0.10.2 or newer

Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.

All remediation steps
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Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields pods

  1. Affected< 3.0.10.2
  2. Patched in2.7.31.2 / 2.8.23.2 / 2.9.19.2 / 3.0.10.2

Update to 2.7.31.2 / 2.8.23.2 / 2.9.19.2 / 3.0.10.2 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 3.0.10.2. Version 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2, 3.0.10.2 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2, 3.0.10.2
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nex Team.

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Exxecution via shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.10 (with the exception of 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access or higher, to execute code on the server.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields

All 20
More vulnerabilities in Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode Attribute
≤3.3.9.1Update to 3.3.9.2
CVE-2026-76573
Medium6.53.3.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read
3.3 – 3.3.9.1Update to 3.3.9.2
CVE-2026-74853
High8.8Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution
<3.3.9.1Update to 3.3.9.1
CVE-2026-74851
Critical9.8Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass to Admin Methods via 'pods_admin' AJAX Router
≤3.3.9Update to 2.8.23.4 or 2.9.19.4 or 3.0.10.4 or 3.1.4.2 or 3.2.8.3 or 3.3.9.1
CVE-2026-19598
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.3.8Update to 3.3.9
CVE-2026-54191

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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