GHSA-9P43-W7WV-JV6W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-06 03:31 – Updated: 2026-06-06 03:31The 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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-9008"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-06T02:16:22Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "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 =\u003e 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.",
"id": "GHSA-9p43-w7wv-jv6w",
"modified": "2026-06-06T03:31:21Z",
"published": "2026-06-06T03:31:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9008"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L188"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L301"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L303"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-list/tags/5.9/page-list.php#L383"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3552931%40page-list\u0026new=3552931%40page-list\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22defe19-28ac-43b3-814d-5a2038380adb?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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