CVE-2024-12252
high-risk
Published 2025-01-07
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.
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68.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 32% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
56
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
19/34 · Moderate
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal