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The User Meta Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 0.5...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 14, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 13, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 14, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.058%
(26th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-24859

GHSA ID

GHSA-m96c-8jmv-4r54

Source code

No known source code

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