CVE-2026-12434
List category posts <= 0.95.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_status' Shortcode Attribute
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Jul 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 16, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 16, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
List category postsfernandobt |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3477baf1-71ef-44f3-938f-3e7d710e9df6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/include/lcp-catlist.php#L623
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/include/lcp-catlist.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/include/lcp-parameters.php#L208
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/list-category-posts/tags/0.95.0/list-category-posts.php#L184
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3598587%40list-category-posts&new=3598587%40list-category-posts
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