CVE-2024-11292
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe WP Private Content Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.1 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to higher-level roles such as administrator.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe WP Private Content Plus plugin fails to properly filter search results, allowing unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts restricted to higher-privileged roles (like administrator) through the WordPress core search feature. This is a broken access control vulnerability where restricted content is included in public search results.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin installation and versionNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins. Locate 'WP Private Content Plus' and note the installed version number.Affected if Plugin is installed and version is below 3.6.2 (e.g., 3.6.1, 3.6.0, earlier versions)
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Identify restricted contentGo to Posts or Pages in the WordPress admin. Look for posts that have private/restricted access settings applied through the plugin (check for private post status or plugin-specific access controls indicating role-based restrictions to administrators or higher roles).Affected if There are posts or pages configured with access restrictions limited to administrator-level roles using this plugin
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Test unauthenticated search visibilityLog out of WordPress or open a private/incognito browser window. Use the site search function (the standard WordPress search) to search for a phrase or keyword known to exist only in a restricted post. Observe whether the restricted content appears in the search results.Affected if Unauthenticated search returns results containing posts that should be restricted to administrator-only access
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Check plugin configurationNavigate to the plugin settings page (WP Private Content Plus settings) in the WordPress admin. Review the search filtering or content restriction settings to confirm whether search result filtering is enabled or properly configured.Affected if Search result filtering is disabled or misconfigured, allowing restricted content in public search results
A user is affected if the WP Private Content Plus plugin version is below 3.6.2 AND the site has content restricted to administrator roles, AND unauthenticated visitors can discover that restricted content through the WordPress search feature.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to version 3.6.2 or later if available, or implement custom search filtering at the theme/functions.php level to exclude restricted posts from unauthenticated search queries.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-11292 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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