WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Yoast Duplicate Post < 4.6 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Duplication and Overwrite

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the clone_bulk_action_handler() and republish_request() functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to duplicate any post on the site including private, draft, and trashed posts they shouldn't have access to. Additionally, attackers with Author-level access and above can use the Rewrite & Republish feature to overwrite any published post with their own content.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.6

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
johska
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-03-17 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-03-17 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-03-17 (about 1 month ago)

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