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CVE-2021-24859CWE-284

User Meta Shortcodes <= 0.5 - Contributor+ Unauthorized Arbitrary User Metadata Access

3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.8%
exploitation probability
0.8%top 47% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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