Private-post title disclosure via unauthenticated REST endpoint
Published Oct 18, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Improper access control in Edeesims FindMyBlocks before 3.4.0 allows remote attackers to read private-post titles through the REST API. The blocks REST route accepts a block name and returns matching posts without an authorization check, including titles for private posts containing the requested block. No WordPress account is required; disclosure is limited to titles of private posts containing the requested Gutenberg block.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Edeesims FindMyBlocks before 3.4.0 allows remote attackers to read private-post titles through the REST API. The blocks REST route accepts a block name and returns matching posts without an authorization check, including titles for private posts containing the requested block. No WordPress account is required; disclosure is limited to titles of private posts containing the requested Gutenberg block.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-24677
- Published
- Oct 18, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Edeesims
- Product
- Find My Blocks
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 18, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.4.0 <3.4.0
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- WPScan private-post title enumeration proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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