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CVE-2026-1217

The Yoast Duplicate Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the clone_bulk_action_handler() and republish_request() functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to duplicate any post on the site including private, draft, and trashed posts they shouldn't have access to. Additionally, attackers with Author-level access and ab

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Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Yoast Duplicate Post","vendor":"yoast","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"4.5","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"baseScore":5.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

3 source assertions

{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/duplicate-post/tags/4.5/src/handlers/bulk-handler.php#L115"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/duplicate-post/tags/4.5/src/post-republisher.php#L128"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05f175e6-08a9-4199-948c-5bd8b3caaa39?source=cve"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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