vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: extended-widget-options: CVE-2024-35691: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jun 6, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jun 6, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Widget Options - Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to 5.1.3 (exclusive) for Widget Options - Extended and all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 for Widget Options. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including private/draft posts and user meta. CVE-2024-35690 was also assigned to this issue (specifically for the free version)
Solution
extended-widget-options-plugin-cve-2024-35691
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35691
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0c4b963-047a-4d41-8dba-9eaa5e555235?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-35449
- CVE-2024-35691
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-35691
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-35449
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