CVE-2023-1026
WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.3 - Missing Authorization in 'listPostsCategory'
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Feb 28, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 24, 2023
Description
The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the listPostsCategory function in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to get post listings by category as long as those posts are published. This vulnerability occurred as a result of the plugin relying on nonce checks as a means of access control, and that nonce being accessible to all authenticated users regardless of role.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Meta SEOjoomunited |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/978d5715-7993-4f89-8d69-895467633bfb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2870465/wp-meta-seo/trunk?contextall=1&old=2869205&old_path=%2Fwp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk#file2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2870465%40wp-meta-seo&new=2870465%40wp-meta-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/978d5715-7993-4f89-8d69-895467633bfb
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