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CVE-2024-1479: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP Show Posts plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-1479) contains a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 1.1.4. The vulnerability was discovered in the wpsp_display function and was publicly disclosed on March 13, 2024. This security issue affects WordPress installations using the WP Show Posts plugin (NVD NIST, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The security flaw is classified as CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to view the contents of draft, trash, future, private, and pending posts and pages, potentially exposing sensitive information that should be restricted (NVD NIST).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.1.5 of the WP Show Posts plugin. Website administrators are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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