CVE-2024-12472 Post Duplicator <= 2.36 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Protected Post Disclosure
Authenticated contributors can duplicate protected, private, or draft posts to extract unauthorized content via insufficient access restrictions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12472?
CVE-2024-12472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in metaphorcreations Post Duplicator, published on 11 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.36 via the mtphr_duplicate_post() function due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be duplicated. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to by duplicating the post.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12472?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metaphorcreations Post Duplicator.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12472?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-12472 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12472 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in metaphorcreations Post Duplicator
- CVE-2021-33852 Cross-site scripting in WordPress Post Duplicator Plugin
- CVE-2025-24736 WordPress Post Duplicator plugin <= 2.35 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2023-49835 WordPress Post Duplicator plugin <= 2.31 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2016-15027 meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin notices.php mtphr_post_duplicator_notice cross site scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rmf-hhqr-454p.