CVE-2023-5426

Summary

CVE-2023-5426 is a vulnerability affecting the Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress. The issue arises from the absence of capability checks on the functions pmdm_wp_delete_user_meta, pmdm_wp_delete_term_meta, and pmdm_wp_ajax_delete_meta, present in versions up to 1.2.0. Consequently, unauthenticated attackers can manipulate and delete user, term, and post meta information for arbitrary users on a WordPress site, posing a significant security risk.

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