Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework <= 5.9.10 - Missing Authorization to Information Exposure

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-43235
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published August 9, 2024
Last Updated August 13, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the query function called via 'ajax_get_posts' in versions up to, and including, 5.9.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to view arbitrary posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meta-box (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.9.10
Patched Version
  • 5.9.11
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