CVE-2021-24872

Get Custom Field Values < 4.0 - Arbitrary Post Metadata Access

mediumMissing Authorization

6.5

CVSS Score

6.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

4.0

Patched in

805d

Time to patch

Description

The Get Custom Field Values WordPress plugin before 4.0 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to access other posts metadata without validating the permissions. Eg. contributors can access admin posts metadata.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<4.0

PublishedNovember 9, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginget-custom-field-values

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ff1ca68-7c71-4442-b27f-12743fc39b37?source=api-prod

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