User Profile Picture <= 2.4.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

6.5
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2021-24170
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 3, 2021
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

The REST API endpoint get_users in the User Profile Picture WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 returned more information than was required for its functionality to users with the upload_files capability. This included password hashes, hashed user activation keys, usernames, emails, and other less sensitive information.

Wordfence blocked 23 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for User Profile Picture

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug users-profile-picture (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.5.0
Patched Version
  • 2.5.0

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