Bulk Posts Editing For: A security weakness
Bulk Posts Editing For is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Bulk Posts Editing For
- Plugin slug
bulk-posts-editing-for-wordpress- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 15, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published May 15, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Bulk Posts Editing For to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N