CVE-2024-4199 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00111.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

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

History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-862

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-05-15T01:56:54.769Z

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:58:24.783Z

Reserved: 2024-04-25T16:45:47.251Z

Link: CVE-2024-4199

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:33:52.605Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-15T02:15:09.030

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:21:42.257

Link: CVE-2024-4199

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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