Description
The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the pmdm_wp_ajax_delete_meta, pmdm_wp_delete_user_meta, and pmdm_wp_delete_user_meta functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary user, term, and post meta via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gandhihitesh9 | Post Meta Data Manager | <= 1.2.1 |
References
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-meta-data-manager/tags/1.2.1/readme.txtRelease Notes
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2981559%40post-meta-data-manager&new=2981559%40post-meta-data-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2994271%40post-meta-data-manager&new=2994271%40post-meta-data-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d49b8c44-4dad-4990-a8a8-116b424a7dfa?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-meta-data-manager/tags/1.2.1/readme.txtRelease Notes
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2981559%40post-meta-data-manager&new=2981559%40post-meta-data-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2994271%40post-meta-data-manager&new=2994271%40post-meta-data-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d49b8c44-4dad-4990-a8a8-116b424a7dfa?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 21, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified