Authenticated private-post disclosure via unrestricted shortcode inclusion
Published Mar 12, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Information disclosure in Softaculous Pagelayer 1.9.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read private WordPress posts. The pagelayer_builder_posts_shortcode handler includes selected posts without restricting them to content the requesting user is allowed to read. Contributor-level access is required, and the consequence is limited to disclosure of otherwise inaccessible private post data.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Softaculous Pagelayer 1.9.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read private WordPress posts. The pagelayer_builder_posts_shortcode handler includes selected posts without restricting them to content the requesting user is allowed to read. Contributor-level access is required, and the consequence is limited to disclosure of otherwise inaccessible private post data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-13430
- Published
- Mar 12, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Softaculous
- Product
- Pagelayer
- Classifications
- CWE-284
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.9.8
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