CVE-2024-12294

Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner <= 1.0.1 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

mediumImproper Access Control

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.0.2

Patched in

Time to patch

Description

The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.0.1

PublishedDecember 10, 2024

Last updatedDecember 11, 2024

Affected pluginlast-viewed-posts

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db838a3f-6afa-4686-8e6a-01edab2dcc96?source=api-prod

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