Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-0908Advanced Post Block – Display Posts, Pages, or Custom Posts on Your Page <= 1.13.4 - Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Advanced Post Block – Showcase Posts with Grid, List, Card Layouts and Filters from bplugins. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Advanced Post Block – Display Posts, Pages, or Custom Posts on Your Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the apbPosts() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve all post data, including those that may be password protected.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| bplugins | Advanced Post Block – Showcase Posts with Grid, List, Card Layouts and Filters | 0 – through 1.13.4 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8fb6c221-d885-42b5-977c-39e8608e3e31?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-post-block/trunk/plugin.php#L173
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3081482/advanced-post-block/trunk/plugin.php?old=3077963&old_path=advanced-post-block%2Ftrunk%2Fplugin.php