Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-5997Duplica <= 0.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Users/Posts Duplicates Creation
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Duplica – Duplicate Posts, Pages, Custom Posts or Users from codexpert. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Duplica – Duplicate Posts, Pages, Custom Posts or Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the duplicate_user and duplicate_post functions in all versions up to, and including, 0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create duplicates of users and posts/pages.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| codexpert | Duplica – Duplicate Posts, Pages, Custom Posts or Users | 0 – through 0.6 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N