User Meta Plugin up to 3.1 on WordPress resource injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in User Meta Plugin up to 3.1 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-9262. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in User Meta Plugin up to 3.1 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-99. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 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.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-9262 since 09/26/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/09/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource injection
CWE: CWE-99
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/26/2024 🔍
11/08/2024 +43 days 🔍
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11/09/2024 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-9262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-283552

Entryinfo

Created: 11/08/2024 15:56
Updated: 11/09/2024 12:45
Changes: 11/08/2024 15:56 (50), 11/09/2024 12:45 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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