Post Grid <= 2.2.50 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-40211
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published August 11, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)
Description

The Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on multiple REST API endpoints in versions up to, and including, 2.2.50. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to expose sensitive inforamtion.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug post-grid (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.50
Patched Version
  • 2.2.51
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