Information disclosure in rilwis Slim SEO – A Fast & Automated SEO Plugin For WordPress
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The Slim SEO – A Fast & Automated SEO Plugin For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Private Content Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.8 via the `/wp-json/slim-seo/meta-tags/ai` REST API endpoint. This is due to the endpoint's `permission_callback` performing only a top-level `edit_posts` capability check without verifying that the requesting user has read access to the specific post supplied via the `object.ID` parameter, allowing the `generate` function to pass the attacker-controlled post ID to `Data::get_post_content()`, which calls `get_post()` regardless of post status or ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to retrieve AI-generated summaries of the raw `post_content` of arbitrary posts they are not authorized to view — including private posts, drafts, pending, future, and password-protected content authored by other users — with the substance of the protected content disclosed via the HTTP response.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12408
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h4h4-h3cx-x6xc
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e6603a0-8f35-49fb-a517-ba6344538c4d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.9.8/src/MetaTags/AI.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.9.8/src/MetaTags/AI.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.9.8/src/MetaTags/Data.php#L117
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.9.5/src/MetaTags/AI.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.9.5/src/MetaTags/AI.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slim-seo/tags/4.9.5/src/MetaTags/Data.php#L117
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3576523%40slim-seo&new=3576523%40slim-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More rilwis vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-04124 Slim SEO <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via slim_seo_breadcrumbs Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2026-75186 Code injection in Slim SEO WordPress plugin allows shortcode execution CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-12408 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12408 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h4h4-h3cx-x6xc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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