CVE-2026-9008 Missing authorization in Page-list
Authenticated contributors can disclose private and draft page content via shortcode attributes due to missing authorization checks in the Page-list plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-9008?
CVE-2026-9008 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in webvitaly Page-list, published on 6 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Page-list plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 6.2. This is due to the pagelist_unqprfx_ext_shortcode() function (the [pagelist_ext] / [pagelistext] shortcode) accepting attacker-controlled post_status, post_type, and show_meta_key attributes and passing them directly into get_pages() and get_post_meta() with no capability check verifying that the rendering user is permitted to read the matched objects. When the current post has no child pages, the shortcode re-issues the query with child_of => 0, broadening it to every page on the site matching the supplied status/type. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to disclose the titles, body content/excerpts, and arbitrary post meta of unrelated private and draft pages by inserting the shortcode into a contributor-authored draft and previewing it.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-9008?
How do I fix CVE-2026-9008?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-9008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-9008 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9008 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9p43-w7wv-jv6w.