CVE-2024-11089: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in cayenne Anonymous Restricted Content
The Anonymous Restricted Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.5 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to logged-in users.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Anonymous Restricted Content plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.6.5 contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) exploitable via the WordPress core search functionality. Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve data from posts intended to be restricted to logged-in users, bypassing access controls. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting its network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, and impact limited to confidentiality loss.
Potential Impact
An attacker without authentication can extract sensitive content from restricted posts, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. There is no impact on data integrity or system availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are currently available. Until a patch is released, consider disabling the plugin or restricting search functionality to authenticated users to prevent unauthorized data exposure.
CVE-2024-11089: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in cayenne Anonymous Restricted Content
Description
The Anonymous Restricted Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.5 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to logged-in users.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Anonymous Restricted Content plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.6.5 contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) exploitable via the WordPress core search functionality. Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve data from posts intended to be restricted to logged-in users, bypassing access controls. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3, reflecting its network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, and impact limited to confidentiality loss.
Potential Impact
An attacker without authentication can extract sensitive content from restricted posts, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. There is no impact on data integrity or system availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are currently available. Until a patch is released, consider disabling the plugin or restricting search functionality to authenticated users to prevent unauthorized data exposure.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-11-11T19:37:25.941Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e06b7ef31ef0b593c6a
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:50 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 12:10:39 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 3:54:14 PM
Views: 26
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