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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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)

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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