PT-2021-16340

CVE-2021-24859

·

Published

2021-12-13

·

Updated

2021-12-16

Description by

CVSS 3.1
4.3
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: User Meta Shortcodes WordPress plugin versions 0.5 and earlier
Description: The issue allows any user with a role as low as contributor to access other users' metadata by specifying the user login as a parameter, making the WordPress instance vulnerable to data extrafiltration, including password hashes.
Recommendations: For versions 0.5 and earlier, consider disabling the shortcode that allows access to user metadata until a patch is available. Restrict access to the user login parameter in the affected shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, limit the role of users who can access the shortcode to higher roles than contributor.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾