Widget Options - Extended <= 5.1.0 & Widget Options <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-35691
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published June 6, 2024
Last Updated June 13, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The Widget Options - Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to 5.1.3 (exclusive) for Widget Options - Extended and all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 for Widget Options. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including private/draft posts and user meta. CVE-2024-35690 was also assigned to this issue (specifically for the free version)

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug extended-widget-options (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1.3
Patched Version
  • 5.1.3
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug widget-options (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.1
Patched Version
  • 4.0.2
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