CVE-2023-1661

The Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-metadata/#developers	Product Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f90c0d8-ede6-4f24-870f-19e888238e93?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-metadata/#developers	Product Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f90c0d8-ede6-4f24-870f-19e888238e93?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:display_post_meta\,_term_meta\,_comment_meta\,_and_user_meta_project:display_post_meta\,_term_meta\,_comment_meta\,_and_user_meta:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-05-31 04:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 05:28

NVD link : CVE-2023-1661

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1661

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-1661

JSON object : View

Products Affected

display_post_meta\,_term_meta\,_comment_meta\,_and_user_meta_project

display_post_meta\,_term_meta\,_comment_meta\,_and_user_meta

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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