CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-4245
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-22
- Last modified
- 2026-10-12
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.11. This is due to the `duplicate_post_permissions()` permission callback only verifying the `duplicate_posts` capability without checking whether the requesting user holds `publish_posts` or other status-gated capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create duplicate posts with `future` (scheduled, auto-publishes) or `private` status, bypassing editorial review. Additionally, the REST endpoint does not enforce administrator-configured post-type duplication restrictions, allowing duplication of post types that have been explicitly disabled.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-duplicator/trunk/includes/api.php#L520 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-duplicator/trunk/includes/api.php#L624 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-duplicator/trunk/includes/api.php#L635 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-duplicator/trunk/includes/api.php#L740 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485579/ plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb671c8f-9e14-4f79-adfa-72f48ec02449?source=cve www.wordfence.com