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Widget Options - Extended <= 5.1.0 & Widget Options <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Disclosure

Wordfence Intelligence > Vulnerability Database > Widget Options - Extended <= 5.1.0 & Widget Options <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Disclosure

4.3

Information Exposure

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE	CVE-2024-35691
CVSS	4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published	June 6, 2024
Last Updated	June 13, 2024
Researcher	Dave Jong - Patchstack

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)

References

2 affected software packages

Widget Options - Extended

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	extended-widget-options
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 5.1.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	< 5.1.3
Patched Version	5.1.3

Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	widget-options (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Remediation	Update to version 4.0.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version	<= 4.0.1
Patched Version	4.0.2

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