CVE-2021-24859

CVE-2021-24859: User Meta Shortcodes <= 0.5 - Contributor+ Unauthorized Arbitrary User Metadata Access

Vendor Unknown

Product User meta shortcodes

Weakness CWE-284

Published December 13, 2021

Last update August 3, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 13, 2021 CVE published

August 3, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24859 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html