Unauthorized Access and Data Modification in Custom Related Posts Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12825

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Brechtvds
Status
Custom Related Posts
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 February 2025

Summary

The Custom Related Posts plugin for WordPress is susceptible to unauthorized access and data modification due to a failure to implement necessary capability checks on several AJAX actions. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.7.3. Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above can exploit this flaw to access and manipulate post relationships, allowing for unwanted alterations in the data without proper permissions. Such exploitation could lead to data integrity issues and unauthorized content manipulation.

Affected Version(s)

Custom Related Posts * <= 1.7.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lucio Sá
.