Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-8123The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.8 - Insecure Direct Object Reference
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended from wpextended. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpextended | The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended | 0 – through 3.0.8 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1e421fb-4839-4e2d-911f-e2fa8c756744?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/modules/core_extensions/wpext_duplicator/wpext_duplicator.php#L48
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3145430%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&old=3134345%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=