---
id: CVE-2026-17517
title: >-
  The Content Views  WordPress plugin before 4.5.1.2 does not check whether the
  user requesting a view is allowed to read the posts it returns, allowing
  unauthenticated attackers to obtain the title and content of non-public posts,
  such as…
summary: >-
  The Content Views  WordPress plugin before 4.5.1.2 does not check whether the
  user requesting a view is allowed to read the posts it returns, allowing
  unauthenticated attackers to obtain the title and content of non-public posts,
  such as…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-200
published: '2026-09-04'
updated: '2026-09-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-08T19:15:18.627'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17517'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/abd82cce-9652-4598-b830-0b08fe3c334b/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00206
epssPercentile: 0.09459
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T20:10:03.163Z'
---

## Overview

The Content Views  WordPress plugin before 4.5.1.2 does not check whether the user requesting a view is allowed to read the posts it returns, allowing unauthenticated attackers to obtain the title and content of non-public posts, such as draft, pending, private and scheduled posts, when a view has been configured to include them.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.