Post Duplicator exposes titles of others' draft and private posts
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The Post Duplicator WordPress plugin before 3.0.17 does not check whether the requesting user may view each post when it returns a list of posts for a post type, which exposes sensitive information (CWE-200). A user with the Contributor role can read the titles and hierarchy of other users' draft and private posts. The references include a link to an exploit.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
The Post Duplicator WordPress plugin before 3.0.17 does not check whether the requesting user may view each post before returning a list of posts for a post type, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to read the titles and hierarchy of other users' draft and private posts.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Post Duplicator | before 3.0.17 | 3.0.17 | Patch available | CNA |
- Post Duplicator VendorUnknown Affected before 3.0.17 Fixed in 3.0.17 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Post Duplicator to version 3.0.17, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA Post Duplicator (Unknown) Fixed in 3.0.17
Timeline
- 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111740
- 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-456x-cvcm-4r62
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-04 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-111740 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111740 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-456x-cvcm-4r62 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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