WordPress Access Control <= 4.0.13 - Improper Access Control to Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API

Improper Access Control

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE	CVE-2024-0975
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	February 27, 2024
Last Updated	February 28, 2024
Researcher	Francesco Carlucci

Description

The WordPress Access Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.13 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the plugin's "Make Website Members Only" feature (when unset) and view restricted page and post content.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wordpress-access-control (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 4.0.13
Patched Version

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