# CVE-2021-24170: User Profile Picture < 2.5.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

> The User Profile Picture WordPress plugin exposed sensitive user data like password hashes and emails via its REST API to users with upload capabilities.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rgpr-gv7f-4cf5

## What is CVE-2021-24170?

CVE-2021-24170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown User Profile Picture, published on 5 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The REST API endpoint get_users in the User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 returned more information than was required for its functionality to users with the upload_files capability. This included password hashes, hashed user activation keys, usernames, emails, and other less sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24170?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cozmoslabs User Profile Picture.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24170?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24170 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24170 exists.

Public exploit code:

- User Profile Picture < 2.5.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure (nuclei): http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24170.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Profile Picture

- [CVE-2021-24473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24473/): User Profile Picture < 2.6.0 - Arbitrary User Picture Change/Deletion via IDOR (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-5639](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5639/): User Profile Picture <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Profile Picture Update (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24170 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown User Profile Picture, published on 5 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24170 exists.

Affected product: Unknown User Profile Picture. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24170/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24170/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24170
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24170
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24170

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24170/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.