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Content Control vulnerabilities
Content Control has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 5 Mar 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- Latest version
- 2.7.4
- Last updated
- 29 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 5 Mar 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitive data exposure CVE-2024-11153 | Medium 5.3 | Up to 2.5.0 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.7.4) | 5 Mar 2025 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-4509 | Medium 5.4 | Before 1.1.10 | Fixed in 1.1.10 | 23 Jan 2023 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-11153, 5 Mar 2025
- The Content Control - The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to higher-level roles such as logged-in users. CVE record
- CVE-2022-4509, 23 Jan 2023
- The Content Control WordPress plugin before 1.1.10 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against high privilege users such as admins. CVE record
What to do if you run Content Control
If you run Content Control, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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