Unauthorized Access and Data Modification in Custom Related Posts Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2024-12825

What is CVE-2024-12825?

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.

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