CVE-2024-12071 Missing authorization in Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media

Medium 5.3 Published 18 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary posts and pages due to a missing capability check in the Evergreen Content Poster plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-12071?

CVE-2024-12071 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in evergreencontentposter Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media, published on 18 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the delete_network_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts and pages.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12071?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Evergreencontentposter Evergreen Content Poster.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12071?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12071 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-12071 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-853f-7rp8-fmqm.