CVE-2024-4199
Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress <= 4.2.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- May 15, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 25, 2024
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WPBULKiT – Bulk Edit WordPress Posts & Pagesithemelandco |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/683131a0-eec3-4251-b322-5c2088855687?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3085134%40ithemeland-bulk-posts-editing-lite%2Ftrunk&old=2946926%40ithemeland-bulk-posts-editing-lite%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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