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[email protected]NVD:CVE-2021-24859

HistoryDec 13, 2021 - 11:15 a.m.

CVE-2021-24859

2021-12-1311:15:09

CWE-284

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cve-2021-24859

wordpress

plugin vulnerability

data exfiltration

password hashes

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS3

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.8%

JSON

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

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

user_meta_shortcodes_projectuser_meta_shortcodesRange≤0.5wordpress

VendorProductVersionCPE
user_meta_shortcodes_projectuser_meta_shortcodes*cpe:2.3:a:user_meta_shortcodes_project:user_meta_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*