Remove Duplicate Posts <= 1.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Post Deletion

4.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-29237
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 24, 2023
Last Updated March 25, 2024
Researcher Junsu Yeo

Description

The Remove Duplicate Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the rdp_ajax_process() and rdp_get_result() functions in versions up to, and including, 1.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete posts and retrieve duplicate post ids.

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Vulnerability Details for Remove Duplicate Posts

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug remove-duplicate-posts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.5
Patched Version
  • 1.3.6

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