The Smart Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the relational_posts_search() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read private and draft post content from other authors via the smart-cf-relational-posts-search AJAX action. The function queries posts with post_status=any and returns full WP_Post objects including post_content, but only checks the generic edit_posts capability instead of verifying whether the requesting user has permission to read each individual post.
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Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:30:00 +0000
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| Description | The Smart Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the relational_posts_search() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read private and draft post content from other authors via the smart-cf-relational-posts-search AJAX action. The function queries posts with post_status=any and returns full WP_Post objects including post_content, but only checks the generic edit_posts capability instead of verifying whether the requesting user has permission to read each individual post. | |
| Title | Smart Custom Fields <= 5.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Relational Post Search | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-23T22:25:39.149Z
Reserved: 2026-03-12T18:43:28.699Z
Link: CVE-2026-4066
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-23T23:17:13.227
Modified: 2026-03-23T23:17:13.227
Link: CVE-2026-4066
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