CVE-2024-11297: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in cyberlord92 Page and Post Restriction
The Page Restriction WordPress (WP) – Protect WP Pages/Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6 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 administrator.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Page and Post Restriction plugin for WordPress (versions up to 1.3.6) contains a vulnerability (CVE-2024-11297) that leads to exposure of sensitive information (CWE-200) via the WordPress core search feature. This allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve data from posts intended to be restricted to privileged roles. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, indicating medium severity, with an attack vector of network, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The issue is due to improper access control in the plugin's integration with WordPress search.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive content from restricted posts that should only be accessible to higher-level roles like administrators. This results in confidentiality loss but does not affect data integrity or system availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation is currently available for this vulnerability. Users should check the vendor's advisory regularly for updates. As a temporary measure, consider disabling or restricting the WordPress core search feature or limiting access to the plugin until a fix is released.
CVE-2024-11297: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in cyberlord92 Page and Post Restriction
Description
The Page Restriction WordPress (WP) – Protect WP Pages/Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6 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 administrator.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Page and Post Restriction plugin for WordPress (versions up to 1.3.6) contains a vulnerability (CVE-2024-11297) that leads to exposure of sensitive information (CWE-200) via the WordPress core search feature. This allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve data from posts intended to be restricted to privileged roles. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, indicating medium severity, with an attack vector of network, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The issue is due to improper access control in the plugin's integration with WordPress search.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can extract sensitive content from restricted posts that should only be accessible to higher-level roles like administrators. This results in confidentiality loss but does not affect data integrity or system availability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation is currently available for this vulnerability. Users should check the vendor's advisory regularly for updates. As a temporary measure, consider disabling or restricting the WordPress core search feature or limiting access to the plugin until a fix is released.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-11-16T00:54:57.625Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e0cb7ef31ef0b594406
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:56 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 12:14:07 PM
Last updated: 4/11/2026, 1:34:52 PM
Views: 15
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