CVE-2021-24845
Improved Include Page <= 1.2 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts/Pages Access
The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with post_type & post_status which can be used to retrieve arbitrary content. This way, users with a role as low as Contributor can gain access to content they are not supposed to.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with post_type & post_status which can be used to retrieve arbitrary content. This way, users with a role as low as Contributor can gain access to content they are not supposed to.
- Record
CVE-2021-24845- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improved Include Page <= 1.2 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts/Pages Access
The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with post_type & post_status which can be used to retrieve arbitrary content. This way, users with a role as low as Contributor can gain access to content they are not supposed to.
- Record
CVE-2021-24845- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11757 No score
The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with post_type & post_status which can be used to retrieve arbitrary content. This way, users with a role as low as Contributor can gain access to content they are not supposed to.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11757- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-957h-97m4-9p53
The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with...
The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with post_type & post_status which can be used to retrieve arbitrary content. This way, users with a role as low as Contributor can gain access to content they are not supposed to.
- Record
GHSA-957h-97m4-9p53- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24845 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Improved Include Page Project Include Page, published December 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.