🛡️ CVE-2023-6999 — pods

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-77 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Exxecution via shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.10 (with the exception of 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access or higher, to execute code on the server.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-6999 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2023-6999 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pods (from 3.0.0 up to 3.0.10.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 9 April 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-77
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-04-09
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pods 3.0.0 3.0.10.2

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