The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.
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History

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:15:00 +0000

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Description The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.
Title Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner <= 1.0.1 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-12-11T14:53:19.903Z

Reserved: 2024-12-06T00:00:35.587Z

Link: CVE-2024-12294

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-11T14:53:14.252Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-12-11T11:15:06.623

Modified: 2024-12-11T11:15:06.623

Link: CVE-2024-12294

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:09:58Z