GHSA-g9w4-m5fx-x3wvMediumCVSS 5.4

Yoast Duplicate Post has an Authenticated (Contributor+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Duplication and Overwrite

Published
March 18, 2026
Last Modified
March 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

The Yoast Duplicate Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the clone_bulk_action_handler() and republish_request() functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to duplicate any post on the site including private, draft, and trashed posts they shouldn't have access to. Additionally, attackers with Author-level access and above can use the Rewrite & Republish feature to overwrite any published post with their own content.

🎯 Affected products1

  • composer/yoast/duplicate-post:<= 4.5

🔗 References (5)