Protected content exposure via unrestricted REST API
Published Aug 21, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Information exposure in ClevelandWebDeveloper HideMySite 2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read protected content through the REST API. When password protection is enabled, the plugin leaves WordPress REST API routes outside the access restriction and returns content without the configured password. Password protection must be enabled, and the reported consequence is content disclosure without modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Information exposure in ClevelandWebDeveloper HideMySite 2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read protected content through the REST API. When password protection is enabled, the plugin leaves WordPress REST API routes outside the access restriction and returns content without the configured password. Password protection must be enabled, and the reported consequence is content disclosure without modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-5880
- Published
- Aug 21, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Stephen Darlington, Wandle Software Limited
- Product
- Hide My Site
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1190
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 21, 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 <=2.2
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