WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

PostX < 5.0.41 - Unauthenticated Custom Field Key Disclosure via REST API

Description

The plugin does not perform an authorization or post-visibility check on a REST API route that returns the custom field keys of a given post, allowing unauthenticated users to disclose the custom field key names of arbitrary posts, including private, draft, pending, scheduled and password-protected posts.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 5.0.41

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Pedro Pinho
Submitter
Pedro Pinho
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-21 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-21 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-21 (about 1 day ago)

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