CVE-2026-109934: Otter Blocks information disclosure vulnerability
medium 5.3 published 2026-10-23
- Affected versions
- 3.1.1 up to (not including) 3.2.8
- Fixed in
- 3.2.8
- Latest version
- 3.2.8
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- Type
- Information disclosure
What an attacker needs
- Access: None. No account or login is needed.
CVSS vector (score by CISA ADP): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
What to do now
- Update Otter Blocks to 3.2.8 or newer: Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- Not sure which version you run? Check your version against every known Otter Blocks issue.
With WP-CLI:
wp plugin get otter-blocks --field=version. - If you ran an affected version and something looks off (new admin users, spam pages, redirects), run the free scan below.
The advisory
The Otter Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.2.8 does not correctly determine whether a post is publicly readable before returning its data through a REST API endpoint, treating any post with the published status as public, allowing unauthenticated users to read manual excerpts of password-protected posts, the content and titles of non-public post types, and, on WooCommerce sites, coupon codes and their descriptions.
References
- NVD CVE-2026-109934 nvd.nist.gov
- WPScan advisory wpscan.com
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Where this data comes from
- CVE record, score and references: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Versions and install counts: wordpress.org/plugins/otter-blocks (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- The summary, “what an attacker needs” and “what to do” sections are our plain-English reading of the record and the plugin's release history; the quoted description is the record's own text. Spot an error? Email Daniel.