# CVE-2024-6755: Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary posts due to a missing capability check in the Social Auto Poster WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f7wp-vx7r-p4vf

## What is CVE-2024-6755?

CVE-2024-6755 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WPWeb Social Auto Poster, published on 24 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the ‘wpw_auto_poster_quick_delete_multiple’ function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6755?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpwebinfotech Social Auto Poster.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6755?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6755 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6755 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WPWeb Social Auto Poster

- [CVE-2024-6756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6756/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-6750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6750/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Missing Authorization via Multiple Functions (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-6753](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6753/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-47369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47369/): WordPress Social Auto Poster plugin <= 5.3.15 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-6752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6752/): Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6755 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6755 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WPWeb Social Auto Poster, published on 24 Jul 2024. 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-2024-6755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WPWeb Social Auto Poster. 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-2024-6755/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6755/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6755
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6755
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6755

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6755/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.