Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) < 4.5.1.2 - Missing Authorization

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-17517
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 4, 2026
Last Updated September 9, 2026
Researcher Revanth Hari Narayana Matte

Description

The Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to 4.5.1.2. This is due to a missing capability check on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug content-views-query-and-display-post-page (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.5.1.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.5.1.2
Patched Version
  • 4.5.1.2

Recent vulnerabilities in Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets)

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Content Views <= 4.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection CVE-2026-15361 6.5 Jakub Herman August 3, 2026
2 Content Views <= 4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Grid and List Widgets CVE-2025-8722 6.4 Webbernaut September 5, 2025
3 Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts, & More (Gutenberg Blocks and Shortcode) <= 3.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via pagingType Parameter CVE-2024-4446 6.4 wesley (wcraft) May 6, 2024
4 Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts, & More (Gutenberg Blocks and Shortcode) <= 3.7.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Post Overlay CVE-2024-3929 6.4 wesley (wcraft) April 24, 2024
5 Content Views <= 3.6.2 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings CVE-2024-0612 4.4 Akbar Kustirama January 22, 2024

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