CVE-2024-6754 Missing authorization in Social Auto Poster

Medium 5.4 Published 24 Jul 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can arbitrarily update post metadata due to missing capability checks in the Social Auto Poster plugin.

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-2024-6754?

CVE-2024-6754 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WPWeb Social Auto Poster, published on 24 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data to a missing capability check on the ‘wpw_auto_poster_update_tweet_template’ function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary post metadata.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6754?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpwebinfotech Social Auto Poster.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6754?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6754 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-2024-6754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gm9c-2h9v-jgp5.