CVE-2024-5997 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2024-5997

Duplica <= 0.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Users/Posts Duplicates Creation

4.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Duplica – Duplicate Posts, Pages, Custom Posts or Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the duplicate_user and duplicate_post functions in all versions up to, and including, 0.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create duplicates of users and posts/pages.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Lucio Sá

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Affected Vendor

codexpert

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Affected Software

Duplica – Duplicate Posts, Pages, Custom Posts or Users

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 18th, 2024

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1531 Account Access Removal