CVE-2021-24170
The REST API endpoint get_users in the User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 returned more information than was required for its functionality to users with the upload_files capability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The REST API endpoint get_users in the User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 returned more information than was required for its functionality to users with the upload_files capability. This included password hashes, hashed user activation keys, usernames, emails, and other less sensitive information.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.79% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- cozmoslabs/user profile picture
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29fc5b0e-0a5f-4484-a1e6-a0a1206726ccExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/medium-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-user-profile-picture-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29fc5b0e-0a5f-4484-a1e6-a0a1206726ccExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/medium-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-user-profile-picture-plugin/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.