Authenticated restricted-post disclosure via autocomplete authorization bypass
Published Mar 8, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Information disclosure in Post Lockdown 4.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read restricted posts via autocomplete requests. The pl_autocomplete AJAX handler returns matching password-protected, private, or draft posts without checking the caller's capability or a request nonce. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and the consequence is limited to post data returned by the autocomplete response.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Post Lockdown 4.0.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read restricted posts via autocomplete requests. The pl_autocomplete AJAX handler returns matching password-protected, private, or draft posts without checking the caller's capability or a request nonce. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and the consequence is limited to post data returned by the autocomplete response.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1504
- Published
- Mar 8, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- andyexeter
- Product
- Post Lockdown
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 8, 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 <=4.0.2
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