# CVE-2024-12252: SEO LAT Auto Post <= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to File Overwrite/Upload (Remote Code Execution)

> Unauthenticated attackers can overwrite plugin files to achieve remote code execution due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wgh8-4hmr-gpcm

## What is CVE-2024-12252?

CVE-2024-12252 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in seobeginner SEO LAT Auto Post, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12252?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12252?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12252 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- SEO LAT Auto Post <= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to File Overwrite/Upload (Remote Code Execution) (github_poc): https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-12252
- SEO LAT Auto Post <= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to File Overwrite/Upload (Remote Code Execution) (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-12252

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12252 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12252 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in seobeginner SEO LAT Auto Post, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: seobeginner SEO LAT Auto Post. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12252/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12252/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12252
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12252
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12252

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12252/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.