CVE-2026-9011 | Ditty <= 3.1.65 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via ditty_init AJAX Action

The Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.65. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full item content of non-public Dittys — including drafts, pending, scheduled, and disabled entries — by enumerating integer post IDs against the ditty_init AJAX endpoint. Unlike the non-AJAX init() counterpart, init_ajax() does not verify that the requested Ditty has a 'publish' post status before loading and returning its items, allowing content that administrators explicitly withheld from public view to be extracted.

Published: 2026-05-22 Last update: 2026-05-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-9011 is rated Low Risk (33.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-9011

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-23 0.08% 0.03% -0.05%
2 2026-05-22 0.08%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-9011

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-9011

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-9011

GHSA-hg7j-7v3f-fjq2 · Severity: high — The Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-9011

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-9011

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.64/includes/class-ditty-scripts.php#L463
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.64/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L220
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.64/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L33
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.65/includes/class-ditty-scripts.php#L463
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.65/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L220
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ditty-news-ticker/tags/3.1.65/includes/class-ditty-singles.php#L33
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3538064%40ditty-news-ticker&new=3538064%40ditty-news-ticker&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49fe8e8b-95fa-4c25-89cf-49566543206c?source=cve
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