CVE-2021-24859 is a vulnerability in the User Meta Shortcodes WordPress plugin (versions up to 0.5) that allows authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher to access other users' metadata, including password hashes, through a crafted shortcode. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) has a low attack complexity and could lead to data exfiltration. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:user_meta_shortcodes_project:user_meta_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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