PT-2025-10419 · WordPress · Post Meta Data Manager

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2025-03-08 · Updated 2025-03-13 · CVE-2024-13835

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.4.3

Description The issue arises from the plugin's failure to properly verify the existence of a multisite installation before allowing user meta to be added or modified. This allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access and above to gain elevated privileges on subsites that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Recommendations For Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.4.3, update to a version that includes the necessary verification for multisite installations to prevent privilege escalation.

Fix

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13835

Affected Products

Post Meta Data Manager

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13835 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114488 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1900139844552319232 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19878 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1898246332243976567 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/18722 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113969 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-data-manager · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/568aa6d6-10a1-4653-ab95-845faf005b8e?source=cve · Note