Post Duplicator <= 3.0.11 — Authorization Bypass to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Duplication
CVE-2026-4245Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.0.11Update to 3.0.12 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Post Duplicator post-duplicator
- Affected≤ 3.0.11
- Patched in3.0.12
Update to 3.0.12 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.0.11. Version 3.0.12 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Post Duplicator.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.0.12, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Post Duplicator to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Quốc Huy (jtwings).
The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.11. This is due to the `duplicate_post_permissions()` permission callback only verifying the `duplicate_posts` capability without checking whether the requesting user holds `publish_posts` or other status-gated capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create duplicate posts with `future` (scheduled, auto-publishes) or `private` status, bypassing editorial review. Additionally, the REST endpoint does not enforce administrator-configured post-type duplication restrictions, allowing duplication of post types that have been explicitly disabled.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Post Duplicator
All 13| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.7 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Privilege Escalation <3.0.18Update to 3.0.18 | CVE-2026-121875 | |
| Low2.7 | Missing Authorization ≤3.0.17Update to 3.0.18 | CVE-2026-121874 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization <3.0.17Update to 3.0.17 | CVE-2026-111740 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Duplication with Arbitrary Author Attribution ≤3.0.11Update to 3.0.12 | CVE-2026-4244 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection <3.0.15Update to 3.0.15 | CVE-2026-10749 |
- Medium4.7Authenticated (Administrator+) Privilege Escalation
<3.0.18Update to 3.0.18
- Low2.7Missing Authorization
≤3.0.17Update to 3.0.18
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
<3.0.17Update to 3.0.17
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Duplication with Arbitrary Author Attribution
≤3.0.11Update to 3.0.12
- High7.5Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection
<3.0.15Update to 3.0.15
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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