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GHSA-794P-VF6Q-QRMF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-07 03:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:32

Details

The Duplicate Post Page Menu & Custom Post Type plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized page and post duplication due to a missing capability check on the duplicate_ppmc_post_as_draft function in versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber access or higher to duplicate posts and pages.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2023-4792 (GCVE-0-2023-4792)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-07 01:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:26

Title

Duplicate Post Page Menu & Custom Post Type <= 2.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Post Duplication

Summary

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/duplic…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	inqsys	Duplicate Post Page Menu & Custom Post Type	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.3.1 (semver)

Credits

Marco Wotschka

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-794P-VF6Q-QRMF

CVE-2023-4792 (GCVE-0-2023-4792)

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