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Post Duplicator

Post Duplicator duplicates WordPress posts and pages to create editable copies of existing content.

Post Duplicator (post-duplicator) is a WordPress plugin with 10 published CVE records in this archive. The latest tracked vulnerability was published Aug 22, 2026; the highest published CVSS base score is 8.8.

Plugin slug: post-duplicator

CVE-2026-4244: Post Duplicator lets Contributors attribute duplicated posts to arbitrary users

Post Duplicator through 3.0.11 does not require edit_others_posts in duplicate_post(). A Contributor can supply selectedAuthorId to the duplicate-post REST endpoint and create a duplicated post attributed to any account, including an Administrator. Confirmed fixed release: 3.0.12.

PublishedAug 22, 2026
Known safe version3.0.12
Published vulnerabilities for post-duplicator
Safe version
Aug 22, 2026 CVE-2026-4244
Post Duplicator lets Contributors attribute duplicated posts to arbitrary users
Post Duplicator through 3.0.11 does not require edit_others_posts in duplicate_post(). A Contributor can supply selectedAuthorId to the duplicate-post REST endpoint and create a duplicated post attributed to any account, including an Administrator. Confirmed fixed release: 3.0.12.
3.0.12
CVE4.3
Aug 22, 2026 CVE-2026-4245
Post Duplicator bypasses publishing and post-type restrictions
A Contributor or higher can pass duplicate_post_permissions() with duplicate_posts but without publish_posts or status-specific authorization. They can create future or private duplicate posts, bypassing editorial review, and duplicate post types disabled by an administrator. The REST route and status parameter name are unspecified. Affected versions: <= 3.0.11. Confirmed fixed release: 3.0.12.
3.0.12
CVE4.3
Jun 24, 2026 CVE-2026-10749
Post Duplicator: A security weakness
Post Duplicator is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is < 3.0.15.
3.0.15
CVE7.2
Jun 15, 2026 CVE-2026-39474
Post Duplicator: Code execution
Post Duplicator is affected by code execution. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor account. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account. The published affected range is n/a through 3.0.10.
3.0.11
CVE8.8
Feb 25, 2026 CVE-2026-2301
Post Duplicator: A security weakness
Post Duplicator is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
See mitigation notes
CVE4.3
Jan 24, 2025 CVE-2025-24736
Post Duplicator: A security weakness
Post Duplicator is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
See mitigation notes
CVE4.3
Jan 11, 2025 CVE-2024-12472
Post Duplicator: A security weakness
Post Duplicator is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
See mitigation notes
CVE4.3
Dec 09, 2024 CVE-2023-49835
Post Duplicator: A security weakness
Post Duplicator is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
See mitigation notes
CVE4.3
Feb 20, 2023 CVE-2016-15027
Post Duplicator: Cross-site scripting
Post Duplicator is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
See mitigation notes
CVE3.5
Mar 10, 2022 CVE-2021-33852
Post Duplicator: Cross-site scripting
Post Duplicator is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
See mitigation notes
CVEPending