WordPress plugin · user-meta

Is User Meta safe?

Closed. Replace it.

wordpress.org closed it on Sep 10, 2025 (security issue), so it gets no more security fixes, and 6 flaws are on record. If your site runs it, move to a maintained alternative.

Flaws on record: 6
High or critical: 2
Exploited: none

Every recorded flaw

Sep 11, 2025User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management: Arbitrary file deletionCVE-2025-9693 · affects up to 3.1.2 · reported by WordfenceHigh 8
May 23, 2025User Meta: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-47611 · affects up to 3.1.2 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
Nov 8, 2024User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management: Insecure Direct Object ReferenceCVE-2024-9262 · affects up to 3.1.1 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.5
Apr 29, 2024User Meta: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorCVE-2024-33575 · affects up to 3.0 · reported by Patchstack1.1% oddsMedium 5.3
Jun 8, 2022User Meta: Does not validate the filepath parameter of its um_show_uploaded_file AJAX actionCVE-2022-0779 · fixed in 2.4.4 · reported by WPScan2.4% oddsMedium 6.5
May 30, 2022User Meta: Does not sanitise and escape the Form NameCVE-2022-0376 · fixed in 2.4.3 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8

Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.

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Is User Meta safe?

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Every recorded flaw

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