User Profile Picture <= 2.4.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2021-24170
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published March 3, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The REST API endpoint get_users in the User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 returned more information than was required for its functionality to users with the upload_files capability. This included password hashes, hashed user activation keys, usernames, emails, and other less sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug users-profile-picture (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.0
Patched Version
  • 2.5.0
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