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GHSA-WHF8-7C9W-8VGJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-21 03:31 – Updated: 2025-12-21 03:31

Details

The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the '/ultp/v2/get_dynamic_content/' REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive user metadata, including password hashes.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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  },
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  "modified": "2025-12-21T03:31:11Z",
  "published": "2025-12-21T03:31:11Z",
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e85ff3b3-de41-4ac4-b825-b3238725ca44?source=cve"
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CVE-2025-12980 (GCVE-0-2025-12980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-21 02:20 – Updated: 2025-12-21 02:20

Title

Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX <= 5.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

Summary

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3421…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wpxpo	Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX	Affected: * , ≤ 5.0.3 (semver)

Credits

Marcin Dudek

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              "status": "affected",
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        }
      ],
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        },
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          "time": "2025-11-19T16:27:57.000+00:00",
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        },
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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-WHF8-7C9W-8VGJ

CVE-2025-12980 (GCVE-0-2025-12980)

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