CVE-2024-0615: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in danieliser Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More
The Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 via the API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract post titles, IDs, slugs, statuses and other information including post content. This includes published content only.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Content Control plugin for WordPress suffers from an information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in all versions up to 2.1.0. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to retrieve sensitive post metadata and published content through the plugin's API. The vulnerability does not require authentication or user interaction and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity and no privileges required. The exposure is limited to published content and metadata, with no reported impact on data integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can obtain sensitive information such as post titles, IDs, slugs, statuses, and published post content without authentication. This could lead to unintended disclosure of content that site owners intended to restrict. There is no evidence of further impact such as modification or deletion of content, or denial of service. The vulnerability affects confidentiality only.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch or official fix is released, consider restricting access to the plugin's API endpoints or disabling the plugin if feasible to prevent unauthorized information disclosure.
CVE-2024-0615: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in danieliser Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More
Description
The Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 via the API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract post titles, IDs, slugs, statuses and other information including post content. This includes published content only.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Content Control plugin for WordPress suffers from an information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) in all versions up to 2.1.0. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to retrieve sensitive post metadata and published content through the plugin's API. The vulnerability does not require authentication or user interaction and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity and no privileges required. The exposure is limited to published content and metadata, with no reported impact on data integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can obtain sensitive information such as post titles, IDs, slugs, statuses, and published post content without authentication. This could lead to unintended disclosure of content that site owners intended to restrict. There is no evidence of further impact such as modification or deletion of content, or denial of service. The vulnerability affects confidentiality only.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch or official fix is released, consider restricting access to the plugin's API endpoints or disabling the plugin if feasible to prevent unauthorized information disclosure.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-16T17:40:54.959Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6de0b7ef31ef0b590003
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:12 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 11:44:23 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 5:12:39 PM
Views: 13
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