CVE-2024-13228: CWE-359 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in themeum Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks
The Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.13 via the 'qubely_get_content'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive private, pending, scheduled, password-protected, draft, and trashed post data.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-13228 is a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-359) in the Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 1.8.13. Authenticated users with Contributor-level privileges or higher can exploit the 'qubely_get_content' feature to retrieve private and non-public post content that should normally be inaccessible. This exposure compromises confidentiality but does not affect integrity or availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
Potential Impact
An attacker with Contributor-level or higher access can extract sensitive post content that is private, pending, scheduled, password-protected, draft, or trashed. This leads to unauthorized disclosure of private information within the WordPress site. There is no indication of impact on data integrity or availability. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict Contributor-level access to trusted users only. Monitor for updates from the plugin vendor (themeum) regarding patches or mitigations. No official patch or workaround is currently documented.
CVE-2024-13228: CWE-359 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in themeum Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks
Description
The Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.13 via the 'qubely_get_content'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive private, pending, scheduled, password-protected, draft, and trashed post data.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-13228 is a sensitive information exposure vulnerability (CWE-359) in the Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 1.8.13. Authenticated users with Contributor-level privileges or higher can exploit the 'qubely_get_content' feature to retrieve private and non-public post content that should normally be inaccessible. This exposure compromises confidentiality but does not affect integrity or availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
Potential Impact
An attacker with Contributor-level or higher access can extract sensitive post content that is private, pending, scheduled, password-protected, draft, or trashed. This leads to unauthorized disclosure of private information within the WordPress site. There is no indication of impact on data integrity or availability. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict Contributor-level access to trusted users only. Monitor for updates from the plugin vendor (themeum) regarding patches or mitigations. No official patch or workaround is currently documented.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-08T20:52:26.234Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e4eb7ef31ef0b59c9ce
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:49:02 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 12:57:50 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 3:53:52 PM
Views: 20
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