cvelist/2021/24xxx/CVE-2021-24859.json

{
  "CVE_data_meta": {
    "ID": "CVE-2021-24859",
    "ASSIGNER": "contact@wpscan.com",
    "STATE": "PUBLIC",
    "TITLE": "User Meta Shortcodes <= 0.5 - Contributor+ Unauthorized Arbitrary User Metadata Access"
  },
  "data_format": "MITRE",
  "data_type": "CVE",
  "data_version": "4.0",
  "generator": "WPScan CVE Generator",
  "affects": {
    "vendor": {
      "vendor_data": [
        {
          "vendor_name": "Unknown",
          "product": {
            "product_data": [
              {
                "product_name": "User meta shortcodes",
                "version": {
                  "version_data": [
                    {
                      "version_affected": "<=",
                      "version_name": "0.5",
                      "version_value": "0.5"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "description": {
    "description_data": [
      {
        "lang": "eng",
        "value": "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": {
    "reference_data": [
      {
        "refsource": "MISC",
        "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/958f44a5-07e7-4349-9212-2a039a082ba0",
        "name": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/958f44a5-07e7-4349-9212-2a039a082ba0"
      }
    ]
  },
  "problemtype": {
    "problemtype_data": [
      {
        "description": [
          {
            "value": "CWE-284 Improper Access Control",
            "lang": "eng"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "credit": [
    {
      "lang": "eng",
      "value": "Francesco Carlucci"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
  }
}