Description
The Smart Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the relational_posts_search() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscrber-level access and above, to retrieve post content that is password protected and/or private.
Published: 2024-03-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-17711 The Smart Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the relational_posts_search() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscrber-level access and above, to retrieve post content that is password protected and/or private.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Smart Custom Fields <= 4.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Post Content Disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-862

Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:30:45.686Z

Reserved: 2024-02-28T21:02:39.006Z

Link: CVE-2024-1995

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.690Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-03-20T02:15:08.500

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-1995

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:44:58Z

Weaknesses