# CVE-2024-0881: Combo Blocks < 2.2.76 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Posts Access

> Unauthenticated attackers can read password-protected posts via AJAX actions in multiple WordPress plugins, exposing private content.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 31 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-73jw-m44p-r46h

## What is CVE-2024-0881?

CVE-2024-0881 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Post Grid, Form Maker, Popup Maker, WooCommerce Blocks, Post Blocks, Post Carousel, published on 11 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Post Grid, Form Maker, Popup Maker, WooCommerce Blocks, Post Blocks, Post Carousel  WordPress plugin before 2.2.76 does not have proper authorization, resulting in password protected posts to be displayed in the result of some unauthenticated AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to read such posts

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0881?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pickplugins Post Grid.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0881?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0881 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0881 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0881 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Combo Blocks < 2.2.76 - Improper Access Control (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-0881.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Post Grid, Form Maker, Popup Maker, WooCommerce Blocks, Post Blocks, Post Carousel

- [CVE-2021-4450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4450/): Post Grid <= 2.1.12 - Contributor+ SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-8253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8253/): Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks 2.2.87 - 2.2.90 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-13408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13408/): Path traversal in Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate – with Shortcode, Gutenberg Block & Elementor Widget (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-35936](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35936/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-35937](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35937/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0881 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0881 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Post Grid, Form Maker, Popup Maker, WooCommerce Blocks, Post Blocks, Post Carousel, published on 11 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0881 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Post Grid, Form Maker, Popup Maker, WooCommerce Blocks, Post Blocks, Post Carousel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0881/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0881/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0881
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0881
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0881

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0881/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.