CVE-2024-4199

MEDIUM

Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress <4.2.3 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3085134%40ithemeland-bulk-posts-editing-lite%2Ftrunk&old=2946926%40ithemeland-bulk-posts-editing-lite%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/683131a0-eec3-4251-b322-5c2088855687?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 21.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

ithemelandco/Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress < 4.2.3

ithemelandco/WPBULKiT – Bulk Edit WordPress Posts & Pages < 4.2.3

Published May 15, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026