gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager Plugin up to 1.4.3 on WordPress privileges management

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager Plugin up to 1.4.3 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Post Meta Data Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13835. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager Plugin up to 1.4.3 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Post Meta Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to multisite privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. 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.

The weakness was released by Francesco Carlucci. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-13835 since 02/04/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. 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 03/08/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• gandhihitesh9

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• Post Meta Data Manager Plugin

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• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3

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