CVE-2024-12294
Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner <= 1.0.1 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner <= 1.0.1 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.
- Record
CVE-2024-12294- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-50750
The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.
- Record
EUVD-2024-50750- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c526-33g3-w78v
The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information...
The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.
- Record
GHSA-c526-33g3-w78v- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the 'get_legacy_cookies' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including titles and permalinks of private, password-protected, pending, and draft posts.
- Record
CVE-2024-12294- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-12294 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Jottlieb Last Viewed Posts By Wpbeginner, published December 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.