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GHSA-M96C-8JMV-4R54

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-14 00:01 – Updated: 2021-12-17 00:01

Details

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

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  ],
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  },
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  "modified": "2021-12-17T00:01:01Z",
  "published": "2021-12-14T00:01:00Z",
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CVE-2021-24859 (GCVE-0-2021-24859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 10:41 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42

Title

User Meta Shortcodes <= 0.5 - Contributor+ Unauthorized Arbitrary User Metadata Access

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

WPScan CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2018 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/958f44a5-07e7-43…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	User meta shortcodes	Affected: 0.5 , ≤ 0.5 (custom)

Credits

Francesco Carlucci

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