CVE-2024-11153: 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, 2.5.0 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to higher-level roles such as logged-in users.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability in the 'Content Control' WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass content restrictions by leveraging the WordPress core search functionality. This results in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data from posts intended to be accessible only to logged-in users or higher privileged roles. The issue affects all versions up to 2.5.0 and is identified as CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can retrieve sensitive content that should be restricted to logged-in users or higher roles, potentially leading to information leakage. There is no indication of integrity or availability impact. The exposure is limited to data confidentiality.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, consider disabling the plugin or restricting the use of the WordPress search feature for sensitive content. Monitor official sources for updates or patches from the plugin vendor.
CVE-2024-11153: 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, 2.5.0 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to higher-level roles such as logged-in users.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability in the 'Content Control' WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass content restrictions by leveraging the WordPress core search functionality. This results in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data from posts intended to be accessible only to logged-in users or higher privileged roles. The issue affects all versions up to 2.5.0 and is identified as CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can retrieve sensitive content that should be restricted to logged-in users or higher roles, potentially leading to information leakage. There is no indication of integrity or availability impact. The exposure is limited to data confidentiality.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, consider disabling the plugin or restricting the use of the WordPress search feature for sensitive content. Monitor official sources for updates or patches from the plugin vendor.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-11-12T16:43:20.462Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e07b7ef31ef0b593e44
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:51 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 5:56:08 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 3:55:27 PM
Views: 19
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