CVE-2021-24859

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2021-24859 · Published 13/12/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24859 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting user meta shortcodes (user meta shortcodes project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.81%, higher than 57.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
user meta shortcodes user_meta_shortcodes_project	`≤ 0.5`	No fix yet

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

wpscan.com/vulnerability/958f44a5-07e7-4349-9212-2a039a082ba0 · Exploit

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