Description

The SEO LAT Auto Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file overwrite due to a missing capability check on the remote_update AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the seo-beginner-auto-post.php file which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12252

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

Affected Products

Vendor: seobeginner

Product: SEO LAT Auto Post

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.09% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 41.38% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-05 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67df10cc-ce3c-4157-9860-7e367062f710?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-beginner-auto-post/

Timeline