CVE-2026-4066 PUBLISHED

Smart Custom Fields <= 5.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Relational Post Search

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 12.03.2026 Published: 23.03.2026 Updated: 24.03.2026

The Smart Custom Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the relational_posts_search() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read private and draft post content from other authors via the smart-cf-relational-posts-search AJAX action. The function queries posts with post_status=any and returns full WP_Post objects including post_content, but only checks the generic edit_posts capability instead of verifying whether the requesting user has permission to read each individual post.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor inc2734
Product Smart Custom Fields
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 5.0.6 (incl.)

Credits

  • darkestmode finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE