Delete Duplicate Posts <= 4.8.9 - Missing Authorization via AJAX Actions

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-47754
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published November 13, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Huynh Tien Si
Description

The Delete Duplicate Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized deletion of data due to a missing capability check on some of its AJAX actions in all versions up to 4.9 (exclusive). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to delete duplicate posts, access plugin logs, and opt in to Freemius data gathering.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug delete-duplicate-posts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.9
Patched Version
  • 4.9
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