Privilege escalation in Gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager
CVE-2024-13835
The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to multisite privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying the existence of a multisite installation prior to allowing user meta to be added/modified. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to gain elevated privileges on subsites that would otherwise be inaccessible.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/568aa6d6-10a1-4653-ab95-845fa… (Third Party Advisory)
- wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-data-manager/ (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-13835?
- CVE-2024-13835 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gandhihitesh9 Post Meta Data Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-03-08.
- How severe is CVE-2024-13835?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.