Description
The Smart Post WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not check whether a post is password protected before returning its content and its stored password through an unauthenticated AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to read protected post content and the password that guards it.
Published: 2026-09-05
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Smart Post WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not check whether a post is password protected before returning its content and its stored password through an unauthenticated AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to read protected post content and the password that guards it.
Title Post Carousel 4.0.0 - 4.0.7 - Unauthenticated Password-Protected Post Content and post_password Disclosure via sp_handle_post_id
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:41:07.049Z

Reserved: 2026-08-23T06:57:31.691Z

Link: CVE-2026-78149

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:32:37.874Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-05T07:17:12.300

Modified: 2026-09-06T11:18:01.617

Link: CVE-2026-78149

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T13:00:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-200

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor