User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin <= 3.1.1 — Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure
CVE-2024-9262Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.1.1Update to 3.1.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin user-meta
- Affected≤ 3.1.1
- Patched in3.1.2
Update to 3.1.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.1.1. Version 3.1.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.1.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to wesley (wcraft).
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, 3.1.1 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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.0 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion ≤3.1.2No patch available | CVE-2025-9693 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.1.2No patch available | CVE-2025-47611 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure ≤3.0Update to 3.1 | CVE-2024-33575 | |
| Medium4.3 | Path Traversal <2.4.4Update to 2.4.4 | CVE-2022-0779 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.4.2Update to 2.4.3 | CVE-2022-0376 |
- High8.0Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
≤3.1.2No patch available
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.1.2No patch available
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
≤3.0Update to 3.1
- Medium4.3Path Traversal
<2.4.4Update to 2.4.4
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.4.2Update to 2.4.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.