{"id":"CVE-2023-5426","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Post Meta Data Manager <=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to User, Term, and Post Meta Deletion","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2023-10-28T11:06:03.537Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-08T17:26:24.552Z","severity":{"score":7.5,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","source":"Wordfence"},"assigner":"Wordfence","products":["gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager"],"affected":[{"vendor":"gandhihitesh9","product":"Post Meta Data Manager","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"1.2.0","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6a7f882-4582-4b08-9597-329d140ad782?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981559/post-meta-data-manager"],"weaknesses":["CWE-862"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:42.242Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5426.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-5426","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2023-10-28T11:06:03.537Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T17:26:24.552Z","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateReserved":"2023-10-05T18:44:44.404Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Post Meta Data Manager <=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to User, Term, and Post Meta Deletion","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"gandhihitesh9","product":"Post Meta Data Manager","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"1.2.0","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6a7f882-4582-4b08-9597-329d140ad782?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981559/post-meta-data-manager"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-862","lang":"en","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Wordfence","orgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T17:26:24.552Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Francesco Carlucci"}],"timeline":[{"time":"2023-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Vendor Notified"},{"time":"2023-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Disclosed"}]},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6a7f882-4582-4b08-9597-329d140ad782?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981559/post-meta-data-manager","tags":["x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T07:59:44.731Z"}},{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2025-02-05T18:37:00.527039Z","id":"CVE-2023-5426","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"yes"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2025-02-05T18:56:50.846Z"}}]}}}