CVE-2024-9025 Overview
CVE-2024-9025 affects the Sight – Professional Image Gallery and Portfolio plugin for WordPress. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check in the handler_post_title function across all versions up to and including 1.1.2. Unauthenticated attackers can query the function to retrieve titles of private, pending, trashed, and draft posts. Successful exploitation requires the Elementor plugin to be installed and active on the target site. The flaw is categorized under [CWE-862] Missing Authorization and permits information disclosure without user interaction.
Critical Impact
Unauthenticated remote attackers can enumerate non-public WordPress post titles, exposing draft content, unreleased material, and internal editorial workflows.
Affected Products
- Codesupply Sight – Professional Image Gallery and Portfolio plugin for WordPress
- All versions up to and including 1.1.2
- Requires Elementor plugin installed and activated for exploitation
Discovery Timeline
- 2024-09-26 - CVE-2024-9025 published to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2024-9025
Vulnerability Analysis
The Sight plugin registers an AJAX handler named handler_post_title that returns post title data based on client-supplied identifiers. The handler does not verify whether the requesting user holds the capability required to view non-public posts. As a result, WordPress serves title strings for posts in private, pending, draft, and trash states to any unauthenticated caller.
The issue is limited to confidentiality. Attackers cannot modify content, escalate privileges, or trigger denial of service through this endpoint. However, disclosed titles frequently reveal product launches, editorial calendars, personnel changes, and internal project names before authorized publication.
The dependency on Elementor narrows exploitability but does not reduce severity for sites running both plugins together. WordPress hosts commonly pair Sight galleries with Elementor page templates, making the vulnerable code path reachable in many production configurations.
Root Cause
The root cause is the absence of a current_user_can() capability check and a missing wp_verify_nonce() validation inside the handler_post_title AJAX endpoint. WordPress requires developers to explicitly gate handlers exposed via wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks, and the plugin authors omitted this control before returning post title metadata.
Attack Vector
Exploitation is performed over the network without authentication or user interaction. An attacker sends a crafted HTTP POST request to the WordPress admin-ajax.php endpoint targeting the vulnerable action, iterates over post IDs, and collects title strings returned by the server. No verified public proof-of-concept code is available; refer to the Wordfence Vulnerability Report for technical details on the affected handler.
Detection Methods for CVE-2024-9025
Indicators of Compromise
- Unauthenticated POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php referencing the Sight plugin's handler_post_title action.
- Repeated sequential requests enumerating incrementing post ID parameters from a single source address.
- Anomalous traffic to admin-ajax.php originating from clients that never authenticate to the site.
Detection Strategies
- Inspect web server access logs for high-volume queries to admin-ajax.php with action values tied to the Sight plugin.
- Alert on unauthenticated AJAX requests that produce successful 200 OK responses containing post metadata.
- Correlate WordPress plugin inventory data to identify hosts running Sight 1.1.2 or earlier alongside Elementor.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable verbose logging on the WordPress reverse proxy or web application firewall for all admin-ajax.php traffic.
- Track response body sizes for the handler_post_title action; enumeration attempts produce distinctive small, uniform responses.
- Review WordPress plugin update logs to confirm Sight has been upgraded to a patched release.
How to Mitigate CVE-2024-9025
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the Sight plugin to a version above 1.1.2 that includes the fix committed in WordPress Plugin Changeset 3156405.
- If a patch cannot be applied immediately, deactivate the Sight plugin or deactivate Elementor to remove the exploitation prerequisite.
- Audit non-public posts to determine whether any titles contained sensitive information that may have been exposed.
Patch Information
The vendor addressed the vulnerability in the Sight plugin repository via WordPress Plugin Changeset 3156405. The patch adds the missing capability enforcement to the handler_post_title AJAX handler. Additional details are documented in the Wordfence Vulnerability Report.
Workarounds
- Block unauthenticated POST requests to admin-ajax.php that reference the vulnerable action at the web application firewall.
- Restrict access to /wp-admin/ paths by source IP where feasible for administrative networks.
- Rename or remove sensitive draft post titles until the plugin can be updated.
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