CVE-2026-9011
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 Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.65. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full item content of non-public Dittys — including drafts, pending, scheduled, and disabled entries — by enumerating integer post IDs against the ditty_init AJAX endpoint. Unlike the non-AJAX init() counterpart, init_ajax() does not verify that the requested Ditty has a 'publish' post status before loading and returning its items, allowing content that administrators explicitly withheld from public view to be extracted.
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 · high confidenceThe Ditty WordPress plugin's AJAX endpoint (ditty_init) fails to verify that requested Dittys have a 'publish' post status before returning content, unlike the non-AJAX init() handler which properly validates authorization. This allows unauthenticated attackers to enumerate post IDs and retrieve sensitive non-public content including drafts, pending, scheduled, and disabled entries that administrators explicitly withheld from public view.
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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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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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Check Ditty plugin versionIn the WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate the Ditty plugin to read its version number. Alternatively, inspect the plugin's main PHP file header for the Version field.Affected if The installed version is 3.1.65 or lower (versions up to and including 3.1.65 are affected)
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Identify the AJAX handler endpointLocate the ditty_init AJAX action handler in the plugin code. This is typically registered via add_action('wp_ajax_ditty_init', ...) or add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_ditty_init', ...) for unauthenticated access.Affected if The plugin registers an AJAX handler for ditty_init that is accessible to unauthenticated users (wp_ajax_nopriv_ditty_init)
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Verify post status check is missingExamine the init_ajax() function in the plugin code and compare it to the non-AJAX init() function. Look for whether post_status is validated before content is returned.Affected if The init_ajax() function does not verify that the Ditty post has a 'publish' status before returning its content
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Check for non-public Ditty postsQuery the WordPress database or use WP_Query to list Ditty posts (post_type='ditty') with statuses other than 'publish', such as draft, pending, future, or disabled.Affected if There are Ditty posts with non-public statuses (draft, pending, scheduled, or disabled) in the system
The environment is affected if the Ditty plugin version is 3.1.65 or lower AND the ditty_init AJAX endpoint is exposed to unauthenticated users AND non-public Ditty posts exist in the database, allowing unauthorized content disclosure.
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 to version 3.1.66 or later which includes proper post status validation, or temporarily restrict access to the ditty_init AJAX endpoint at the server level if immediate update is not feasible.
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