Protected post disclosure via social metadata
Published Aug 29, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Information exposure in Premium SEO Pack – WP SEO Plugin 1.6.002 and earlier allows remote attackers to read protected post metadata. The plugin emits social metadata containing limited information from password-protected posts, but Wordfence has not disclosed the responsible code locus or unsafe operation. The attack requires unauthenticated remote access to a protected post and has no reported ability to disclose full post content, modify data, or interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Information exposure in Premium SEO Pack – WP SEO Plugin 1.6.002 and earlier allows remote attackers to read protected post metadata. The plugin emits social metadata containing limited information from password-protected posts, but Wordfence has not disclosed the responsible code locus or unsafe operation. The attack requires unauthenticated remote access to a protected post and has no reported ability to disclose full post content, modify data, or interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-3679
- Published
- Aug 29, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Calin Vingan
- Product
- Premium SEO Pack – WP SEO Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.6.001
- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.6.002
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