SEO LAT Auto Post <= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to File Overwrite/Upload (Remote Code Execution)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-12252
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 6, 2025
Last Updated January 7, 2025
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug seo-beginner-auto-post (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
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