Bulk Edit Post Titles <= 5.0.0 - Missing Authorization via bulkUpdatePostTitles

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2024-0369
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 26, 2024
Last Updated July 29, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The Bulk Edit Post Titles plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the bulkUpdatePostTitles function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to modify the titles of arbitrary posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bulk-edit-post-titles (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 5.0.0
Patched Version
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