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2 vulnerabilities found for Post Type Switcher by johnjamesjacoby

CVE-2025-12524 (GCVE-0-2025-12524)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-18 06:43 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:26
VLAI
Title
Post Type Switcher <= 4.0.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Post Type Change
Summary
The Post Type Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to modify the post type of arbitrary posts and pages they do not own, including those created by administrators, which can lead to site disruption, broken navigation, and SEO impact.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
johnjamesjacoby Post Type Switcher Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
Athiwat Tiprasaharn
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CVE-2025-12524 (GCVE-0-2025-12524)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-11-18 06:43 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:26
VLAI
Title
Post Type Switcher <= 4.0.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Post Type Change
Summary
The Post Type Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to modify the post type of arbitrary posts and pages they do not own, including those created by administrators, which can lead to site disruption, broken navigation, and SEO impact.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
johnjamesjacoby Post Type Switcher Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.0.0 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Athiwat Tiprasaharn
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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