What is CVE-2024-5942?

CVE-2024-5942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Carlosfazenda Fast Page & Post Duplicator, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-5942?

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

Is CVE-2024-5942 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Carlosfazenda Fast Page & Post Duplicator

CVE-2024-5942

The Page and Post Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 6.0 via the 'content_clone' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to clone and read private posts.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.4th 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

Carlosfazenda Fast Page & Post Duplicator — versions 0
Carlosfazenda Page_and_post_clone

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5942?: CVE-2024-5942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Carlosfazenda Fast Page & Post Duplicator, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-5942?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5942 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.