{"cve":"CVE-2023-5426","nvd":{"published":"2023-10-28T12:15:38.080","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:33.997","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2981559/post-meta-data-manager","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","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6a7f882-4582-4b08-9597-329d140ad782?source=cve"],"products":["wpexpertplugins:post_meta_data_manager"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:40:11.519948003+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5426","score":0.0056,"percentile":0.46651,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}