CVE-2026-16274

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Published 2026-08-03 · Modified 2026-08-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

The Classified Listing WordPress plugin before 5.4.4 does not perform a capability or ownership check on an AJAX action that returns a post's content, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to read the content of any post, page, or custom post type on the site — including drafts, pending, and private posts owned by other users — regardless of ownership.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a43925db-3108-4797-9867-0fa48cfaeab4/

CWEs

CWE-862

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.