Authorization bypass in khaledsaikat User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| khaledsaikat | User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin | up to 3.1.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin Vendorkhaledsaikat Affected up to 3.1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9262
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxr4-jxx7-rxvw
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ed81348-7604-4858-bc8e-b4504d77ee45?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-meta/trunk/models/classes/generate/PublicProfile.php#L28
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3221099%40user-meta&new=3221099%40user-meta&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More khaledsaikat vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-08884 Path traversal in khaledsaikat User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-9262 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-9262 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mxr4-jxx7-rxvw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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