# CVE-2024-7836: Themify Builder <= 7.6.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Duplication

> Authenticated contributors can duplicate and view private or draft posts from other users due to missing authorization checks in the Themify Builder plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9h55-298f-39qv

## What is CVE-2024-7836?

CVE-2024-7836 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themifyme Themify Builder, published on 22 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Themify Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post duplication due to missing checks on the duplicate_page_ajaxify function in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to duplicate and view private or draft posts created by other users that otherwise shouldn't be accessible to them.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7836?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themify Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7836?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in themifyme Themify Builder

- [CVE-2024-56216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56216/): WordPress Themify Builder plugin <= 7.6.3 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-52423](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52423/): WordPress Themify Builder plugin <= 7.6.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-9385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9385/): Themify Builder <= 7.6.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-3032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3032/): Themify Builder < 7.5.8 - Open Redirect (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-24872](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24872/): WordPress Themify Builder Plugin <= 7.0.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7836 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7836 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themifyme Themify Builder, published on 22 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themifyme Themify Builder. 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-2024-7836/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7836/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7836
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7836
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7836

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7836/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.