CVE-2024-8123

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Description

The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8 via the duplicate_post function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to duplicate posts written by other authors including admins. This includes the ability to duplicate password-protected posts, which reveals their contents.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1e421fb-4839-4e2d-911f-e2fa8c756744?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3145430%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&old=3134345%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/modules/core_extensions/wpext_duplicator/wpext_duplicator.php#L48

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-09-04

Updated: 2024-09-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium