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CVE-2024-6264

MEDIUM

6.4

Description

The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘$meta_key’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.4

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published7/2/2024

Last Modified4/8/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wpexpertplugins:post_meta_data_manager

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79CWE-79

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_post_metadata_html.php#L23(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_term_metadata_html.php#L32(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_user_metadata_html.php#L31(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3109558/(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9dd6828b-6235-4284-bce6-be23b79ac70e?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_post_metadata_html.php#L23(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_term_metadata_html.php#L32(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_user_metadata_html.php#L31(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3109558/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9dd6828b-6235-4284-bce6-be23b79ac70e?source=cve(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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