CVE-2021-24859
User Meta Shortcodes <= 0.5 - Contributor+ Unauthorized Arbitrary User Metadata Access
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.8%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
13 Dec 2021Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
The User Meta Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 0.5 registers a shortcode that allows any user with a role as low as contributor to access other users metadata by specifying the user login as a parameter. This makes the WP instance vulnerable to data extrafiltration, including password hashes
Affected products
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