CVE-2023-4036: Simple Blog Card < 1.32 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Simple Blog Card WordPress plugin before 1.32 does not ensure that posts to be displayed via a shortcode are public, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to retrieve arbitrary post title and their content such as draft, private and password protected ones

Affected products

Simple Blog Card: before 1.32 — fixed in 1.32

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Simple Blog Card 1.32. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de3e1718-c358-4510-b142-32896ffeb03f
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de3e1718-c358-4510-b142-32896ffeb03f

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