FKIE_CVE-2026-9008

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-06 02:16 - Updated: 2026-06-08 14:57
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
The Page-list plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 6.2. This is due to the pagelist_unqprfx_ext_shortcode() function (the [pagelist_ext] / [pagelistext] shortcode) accepting attacker-controlled post_status, post_type, and show_meta_key attributes and passing them directly into get_pages() and get_post_meta() with no capability check verifying that the rendering user is permitted to read the matched objects. When the current post has no child pages, the shortcode re-issues the query with child_of => 0, broadening it to every page on the site matching the supplied status/type. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to disclose the titles, body content/excerpts, and arbitrary post meta of unrelated private and draft pages by inserting the shortcode into a contributor-authored draft and previewing it.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L188
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L301
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L303
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L383
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3552931%40page-list&new=3552931%40page-list&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22defe19-28ac-43b3-814d-5a2038380adb?source=cve
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-08T14:57:14.757",
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