yoast-dist/duplicate-post · Security

Yoast Duplicate Post has an Authenticated (Contributor+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Duplication and Overwrite

GHSA ID
GHSA-g9w4-m5fx-x3wv
CVE ID
CVE-2026-1217
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3
5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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 above can use the Rewrite & Republish feature to overwrite any published post with their own content.

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