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CVE-2024-12252 (GCVE-0-2024-12252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-07 04:22 – Updated: 2025-01-07 16:22
VLAI?
Title
SEO LAT Auto Post <= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to File Overwrite/Upload (Remote Code Execution)
Summary
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.
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
seobeginner SEO LAT Auto Post Affected: * , ≤ 2.2.1 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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