Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jul 2, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2024-6264
CVE-2024-6264
Description
The Post Meta Data Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘$meta_key’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:wpexpertplugins:post_meta_data_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <1.3.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3109558/nvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9dd6828b-6235-4284-bce6-be23b79ac70envdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_post_metadata_html.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_term_metadata_html.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-data-manager/trunk/includes/admin/html/pmdm_wp_display_user_metadata_html.phpnvdProduct
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