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WordPress Plugin: insert-pages: CVE-2021-24851: Incorrect Authorization

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 18, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Insert Pages WordPress plugin before 3.7.0 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to access content and metadata from arbitrary posts/pages regardless of their author and status (ie private), using a shortcode. Password protected posts/pages are not affected by such issue.

Solution

insert-pages-plugin-cve-2021-24851
Title
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