Unauthenticated content disclosure via unprotected REST API
Published Mar 13, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Improper access control in Restrict User Access 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read restricted posts and pages via the REST API. The plugin enforces Access Conditions on front-end requests but omits equivalent checks when WordPress returns post and page content through REST API responses. The flaw is reachable without authentication when protected content exists and the REST API is accessible, exposing content without permitting modification.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Restrict User Access 2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read restricted posts and pages via the REST API. The plugin enforces Access Conditions on front-end requests but omits equivalent checks when WordPress returns post and page content through REST API responses. The flaw is reachable without authentication when protected content exists and the REST API is accessible, exposing content without permitting modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0687
- Published
- Mar 13, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Intox Studio
- Product
- Restrict User Access
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.5
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