WP Show Posts <= 1.1.5 - Improper Authorization to Information Exposure

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-6731
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published April 16, 2024
Last Updated July 29, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

The WP Show Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on multiple AJAX functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to view arbitrary post metadata, list posts, and view terms and taxonomies.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-show-posts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.5
Patched Version
  • 1.1.6
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