User meta shortcodes <= 0.5 - Improper Access Control

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-24859
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published November 15, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
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

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug user-meta-shortcodes (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 0.5
Patched Version
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