{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24859 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24859 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-24859 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown User meta shortcodes, published on 13 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24859 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-24859 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown User meta shortcodes, published on 13 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24859 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Unknown User meta shortcodes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24859/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24859/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-24859","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24859/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-24859","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m96c-8jmv-4r54"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Contributors can access arbitrary user metadata, including password hashes, due to missing authorization checks in the User Meta Shortcodes plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[{"product":"user_meta_shortcodes","vendor":"user_meta_shortcodes_project"}],"cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"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","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"User Meta Shortcodes \u003c= 0.5 - Contributor+ Unauthorized Arbitrary User Metadata Access","id":"CVE-2021-24859","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"BSK PDF Manager \u003c 3.1.2 - Admin+ SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-24860"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WP Cookie User Info \u003c 1.0.9 - Admin+ SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-24858"},"products":["User meta shortcodes"],"published":"2021-12-13","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"Contributors can access arbitrary user metadata, including password hashes, due to missing authorization checks in the User Meta Shortcodes plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24859/"}