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Get Custom Field Values < 4.0 - Contributors+ Arbitrary Post Metadata Access

Description

The plugin 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.

Proof of Concept

[custom_field field="{field_name}" post_id="{ID}"]

e.g [custom_field field="_ctct_verify_key" post_id="23"] 

Affects Plugins

get-custom-field-values
Fixed in version 4.0

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24872

Classification

Type

INCORRECT AUTHORISATION

OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-863

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Francesco Carlucci

Submitter

Francesco Carlucci

Submitter website
https://carluc.ci
Submitter twitter
francecarlucci
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
ec23734a-5ea7-4e46-aba9-3dee4e6dffb6

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-11-09 (about 6 months ago)

Added

2021-11-09 (about 6 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-11 (about 1 months ago)

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