CVE-2024-2109 (GCVE-0-2024-2109)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-02 16:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:05
VLAI
Title
Booster Extension <= 1.2.0 - Basic Information Exposure via booster_extension_authorbox_shortcode_display
Summary
The Booster Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.0 via the 'booster_extension_authorbox_shortcode_display' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including user emails
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-15 19:05 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
themeinwp Booster Extension Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.0 (semver)
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themeinwp booster_extension Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:themeinwp:booster_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając
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