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CVE-2021-24845: Improved Include Page <= 1.2 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts/Pages Access

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with post_type & post_status which can be used to retrieve arbitrary content. This way, users with a role as low as Contributor can gain access to content they are not supposed to.

Affected products

• Improved Include Page: through 1.2

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ab857454-7c7c-454d-9c7f-1db767961e5f
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ab857454-7c7c-454d-9c7f-1db767961e5f

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