CVE-2024-8123

MEDIUM EPSS 22.6%
Published Sep 4, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.4 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 4, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.4
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
22.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-639

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
wpextendedwp_extended* <3.0.9

References 3

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/modules/core_extensions/wpext_duplicator/wpext_duplicator.php#L48
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3145430%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&old=3134345%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1e421fb-4839-4e2d-911f-e2fa8c756744?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

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