CVE-2023-5713

System Dashboard <= 2.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure (sd_option_value)

Published Dec 7, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_option_value() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive option values, and deserialize the content of those values.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58000 The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_option_value() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve potentially sensitive option values, and deserialize the content of those values.
History
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Title System Dashboard <= 2.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure (sd_option_value)
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 5:30 PM
Reserved
Oct 23, 2023, 12:43 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 7, 2023, 2:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM