Description

The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12294

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.3

Affected Products

Vendor: jottlieb

Product: Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 23.36% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db838a3f-6afa-4686-8e6a-01edab2dcc96?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-viewed-posts/trunk/inc/namespace.php#L131
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3205041/

Timeline