CVE-2024-4199 Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress <= 4.2.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization
Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization checks to create, duplicate, or modify posts and retrieve content via AJAX actions.
- 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-2024-4199?
CVE-2024-4199 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ithemelandco WPBULKiT – Bulk Edit WordPress Posts & Pages, published on 15 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to a missing capability check on the plugin's AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and higher, to invoke their corresponding functions. This may lead to post creation and duplication, post content retrieval, post taxonomy manipulation.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4199?
How do I fix CVE-2024-4199?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4199 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-2024-4199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gw4x-f295-2jpv.