What is CVE-2024-12472?

CVE-2024-12472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metaphorcreations Post Duplicator, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-12472?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12472 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Metaphorcreations Post Duplicator

CVE-2024-12472

The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.36 via the mtphr_duplicate_post() function due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be duplicated. This makes…

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.003 (21.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Metaphorcreations Post Duplicator — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12472?: CVE-2024-12472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metaphorcreations Post Duplicator, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-12472?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12472 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.