CVE-2023-5537
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Publication date:
22/11/2023
Last modified:
08/04/2026
Description
The Delete Usermeta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the delumet_options_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove user meta for arbitrary users via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:joselazo:delete_usermeta:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 1.1.2 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/delete-usermetas/trunk/delete-usermetas.php#L57
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2979918%40delete-usermetas&new=2979918%40delete-usermetas
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/23b46e5b-ce1e-4215-921c-edea7fd6c56a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/delete-usermetas/trunk/delete-usermetas.php#L57
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2979918%40delete-usermetas&new=2979918%40delete-usermetas
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/23b46e5b-ce1e-4215-921c-edea7fd6c56a?source=cve



