CVE-2026-12434 json
List category posts <= 0.95.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_status' Shortcode Attribute
published 3mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-44856
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The List category posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 0.95.0 via the sanitize_status. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract titles, full content, excerpts, dates, authors, and custom-field metadata of other users' pending-review, scheduled, and trashed posts by embedding a crafted [catlist] shortcode in their own draft and previewing it. This vulnerability is a bypass of the incomplete fix introduced for CVE-2025-11377 in version 0.93.0.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- fernandobt List category posts
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3477baf1-71ef-44f3-938f-3e7d710e9df6?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/include/lcp-catlist.php#L623
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/include/lcp-catlist.php#L94
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/include/lcp-parameters.php#L208
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/list-category-posts.php#L184
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?reponame=&old=3598587%40list-category-posts&new=3598587%40list-category-posts
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-12434
- NVD CVE-2026-12434
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