CVE-2023-5713

Summary

CVE-2023-5713 is a vulnerability affecting the System Dashboard plugin for WordPress. The issue stems from a missing capability check on the sd_option_value() function, which can be exploited through an AJAX action. Attackers with subscriber-level access and above can leverage this weakness to gain unauthorized access to sensitive option values. These values, once retrieved, can be deserialized, posing a potential security risk. All versions of the plugin up to and including 2.8.7 are impacted by this vulnerability.

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