# CVE-2024-9262: Information disclosure in User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin

> Authenticated attackers can access sensitive user meta data via insecure direct object reference if specific forms are configured.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mxr4-jxx7-rxvw

## What is CVE-2024-9262?

CVE-2024-9262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in khaledsaikat User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin, published on 9 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1 via the getUser() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to obtain user meta values from form fields. Please note that this requires a site administrator to create a form that displays potentially sensitive information like password hashes. This may also be exploited by unauthenticated users if the  'user-meta-public-profile' shortcode is used insecurely.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9262?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-9262?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9262 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9262 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9262 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9262 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in khaledsaikat User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin, published on 9 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9262 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: khaledsaikat User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin. 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-2024-9262/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9262/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9262
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9262
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9262

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9262/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.