Ditty <= 3.1.65 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via ditty_init AJAX Action
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.65. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full item content of non-public Dittys — including drafts, pending, scheduled, and disabled entries — by enumerating integer post IDs against the ditty_init AJAX endpoint. Unlike the non-AJAX init() counterpart, init_ajax() does not verify that the requested Ditty has a 'publish' post status before loading and returning its items, allowing content that administrators explicitly withheld from public view to be extracted.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| metaphorcreations | Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists | up to 3.1.65 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists Vendormetaphorcreations Affected up to 3.1.65 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9011
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hg7j-7v3f-fjq2
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49fe8e8b-95fa-4c25-89cf-49566543206c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.65/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L220
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.65/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L33
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.65/includes/class-ditty-scripts.php#L463
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.64/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L220
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.64/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L33
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.64/includes/class-ditty-scripts.php#L463
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3538064%40ditty-news-ticker&new=3538064%40ditty-news-ticker&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More metaphorcreations vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-07398 Ditty < 3.1.58 - Unauthenticated SSRF CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2024-06224 Ditty 3.1.39-3.1.45 - Author+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-03837 Ditty < 3.1.25 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-06219 Ditty < 3.1.45 - Author+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-12399 Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists < 3.1.52 - Author+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-08907 Ditty < 3.1.47 - Author+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-9011 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9011 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hg7j-7v3f-fjq2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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