Vulnerability · Published Nov 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9262User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin <= 3.1.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin from khaledsaikat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1 via the getUser() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to obtain user meta values from form fields. Please note that this requires a site administrator to create a form that displays potentially sensitive information like password hashes. This may also be exploited by unauthenticated users if the 'user-meta-public-profile' shortcode is used insecurely.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| khaledsaikat | User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin | 0 – through 3.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ed81348-7604-4858-bc8e-b4504d77ee45?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-meta/trunk/models/classes/generate/PublicProfile.php#L28
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3221099%40user-meta&new=3221099%40user-meta&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=