The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid: Sensitive information exposure
The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.
- Component
- The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid
- Plugin slug
the-post-grid- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 29, 2024
This CVE was published Aug 29, 2024 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.7.11 via the post_query_guten and post_query functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract information from posts that are not public (i.e. draft, future, etc..).
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N