CVE-2024-12252

CRITICAL EPSS 86.2%

Published Jan 7, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

9.8 CVSS 3.1

Critical

Published Jan 7, 2025 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The SEO LAT Auto Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file overwrite due to a missing capability check on the remote_update AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the seo-beginner-auto-post.php file which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.8

Exploitability

3.9

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

86.2% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection) Injection

References 2

wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-beginner-auto-post/
wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67df10cc-ce3c-4157-9860-7e367062f710?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.