Meta Box: A security weakness
Meta Box is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Meta Box
- Plugin slug
meta-box- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 15, 2024
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
This CVE was published Apr 15, 2024 and is one of 7 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Meta Box to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.9.4 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from access arbitrary custom fields assigned to other user's posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N