CVE-2026-9011 Ditty <= 3.1.65 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via ditty_init AJAX Action
Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve non-public Ditty content by enumerating post IDs via the ditty_init AJAX endpoint due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-9011?
CVE-2026-9011 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metaphorcreations Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists, published on 22 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.65. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full item content of non-public Dittys — including drafts, pending, scheduled, and disabled entries — by enumerating integer post IDs against the ditty_init AJAX endpoint. Unlike the non-AJAX init() counterpart, init_ajax() does not verify that the requested Ditty has a 'publish' post status before loading and returning its items, allowing content that administrators explicitly withheld from public view to be extracted.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-9011?
How do I fix CVE-2026-9011?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-9011 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-2026-9011 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9011 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg7j-7v3f-fjq2.