WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Slim SEO < 4.9.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insufficient Authorization to Private Content Disclosure via 'object.ID' Parameter

Description

The Slim SEO – A Fast & Automated SEO Plugin For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Private Content Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.8 via the `/wp-json/slim-seo/meta-tags/ai` REST API endpoint. This is due to the endpoint's `permission_callback` performing only a top-level `edit_posts` capability check without verifying that the requesting user has read access to the specific post supplied via the `object.ID` parameter, allowing the `generate` function to pass the attacker-controlled post ID to `Data::get_post_content()`, which calls `get_post()` regardless of post status or ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to retrieve AI-generated summaries of the raw `post_content` of arbitrary posts they are not authorized to view — including private posts, drafts, pending, future, and password-protected content authored by other users — with the substance of the protected content disclosed via the HTTP response.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.9.9

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-06-30 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-06-30 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-01 (about 1 month ago)

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