CVE-2024-13835 Post Meta Data Manager <= 1.4.4 - Authentciated (Admin+) Multisite Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2024-13835?

CVE-2024-13835 is a high-severity vulnerability in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager, published on 8 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to multisite privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying the existence of a multisite installation prior to allowing user meta to be added/modified. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to gain elevated privileges on subsites that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13835?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpexpertplugins Post Meta Data Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13835?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-13835 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13835 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager

• CVE-2023-5425 Post Meta Data Manager <=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation High 8.8
• CVE-2023-5426 Post Meta Data Manager <=1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to User, Term, and Post Meta Deletion High 7.5
• CVE-2024-6264 Post Meta Data Manager <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.4
• CVE-2023-5776 Post Meta Data Manager <= 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Post, Term, and User Meta Deletion Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2q62-6gmf-9x46.