CVE-2024-1204
Meta Box < 5.9.4 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts' Custom Field Disclosure
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.9.4 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from access arbitrary custom fields assigned to other user's posts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Meta Box < 5.9.4 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts' Custom Field Disclosure
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.9.4 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from access arbitrary custom fields assigned to other user's posts.
- Record
CVE-2024-1204- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-16971
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.9.4 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from access arbitrary custom fields assigned to other user's posts.
- Record
EUVD-2024-16971- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6mpg-x75c-hw5v
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.9.4 does not prevent users with at least the contributor...
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.9.4 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from access arbitrary custom fields assigned to other user's posts.
- Record
GHSA-6mpg-x75c-hw5v- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.9.4 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from access arbitrary custom fields assigned to other user's posts.
- Record
CVE-2024-1204- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-1204 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Metabox Meta Box, published April 15, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.