CVE-2023-6999: high-severity vulnerability in sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and…
Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 1.3%
exploitation probability
1.3%top 31% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
sc0ttkclark · Pods – Custom Content Types and FieldsRelated CVEs — sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and…
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-19598CRITICALPods <= 3.3.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass to Admin Methods via 'pods_admin' AJAX RouterEPSS 3.5%CVE-2023-6967HIGHPods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via ShortcodeEPSS 0.8%CVE-2023-6965MEDIUMPods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Missing AuthorizationEPSS 0.6%CVE-2024-3956MEDIUMPods – Custom Content Types and Fields <= 3.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Pod Form Redirect URLEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-76573MEDIUMPods <= 3.3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode AttributeEPSS 0.3%
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/trunk/classes/PodsView.php#L750https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3039486%40pods%2Ftrunk&old=3039467%40pods%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9108d5f-7b8b-478d-ba9d-f895bdb7dbf2?source=cve