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.
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)
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History
08 Apr 2026, 18:17
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| Summary | (en) 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. |
21 Nov 2024, 07:39
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.4 |
| References | () https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-metadata/#developers - Product, Release Notes | |
| References | () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f90c0d8-ede6-4f24-870f-19e888238e93?source=cve - Third Party Advisory |
06 Jun 2023, 16:33
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time |
Display Post Meta\, Term Meta\, Comment Meta\, And User Meta Project
Display Post Meta\, Term Meta\, Comment Meta\, And User Meta Project display Post Meta\, Term Meta\, Comment Meta\, And User Meta |
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| CWE | CWE-79 | |
| References | (MISC) https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f90c0d8-ede6-4f24-870f-19e888238e93?source=cve - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | (MISC) https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-metadata/#developers - Product, Release Notes | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.4 |
| CPE | 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:*:* |
31 May 2023, 04:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2023-05-31 04:15
Updated : 2026-04-08 18:17
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')
