Vulnerability · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2026-4066Smart Custom Fields <= 5.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Relational Post Search

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity missing authorization in Smart Custom Fields from inc2734. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Smart Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the relational_posts_search() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read private and draft post content from other authors via the smart-cf-relational-posts-search AJAX action. The function queries posts with post_status=any and returns full WP_Post objects including post_content, but only checks the generic edit_posts capability instead of verifying whether the requesting user has permission to read each individual post.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
inc2734	Smart Custom Fields	0 – through 5.0.6

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

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Affected products (as reported)

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