VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-24859
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 0.78%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- user meta shortcodes project/user meta shortcodes
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/958f44a5-07e7-4349-9212-2a039a082ba0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/958f44a5-07e7-4349-9212-2a039a082ba0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.