CVE-2025-12481
📋 TL;DR
The WP Duplicate Page WordPress plugin has a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to modify plugin settings controlling role capabilities. Attackers can exploit misconfigured capabilities to duplicate and view password-protected posts containing sensitive information. This affects all WordPress sites using WP Duplicate Page version 1.7 and earlier.
💻 Affected Systems
- WP Duplicate Page WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers gain unauthorized access to sensitive password-protected content, potentially exposing confidential information, intellectual property, or private user data.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users duplicate and view password-protected posts they shouldn't have access to, leading to information disclosure.
If Mitigated
With proper authorization checks, only administrators can modify plugin settings, preventing unauthorized capability escalation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access (Contributor role or higher) and involves simple HTTP requests to modify plugin settings.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.8
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find WP Duplicate Page and click 'Update Now'. 4. Alternatively, download version 1.8+ from WordPress plugin repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate wp-duplicate-page
Restrict User Roles
allLimit users with Contributor role or higher to trusted individuals only
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove Contributor and higher roles from untrusted users
- Implement web application firewall rules to block requests to the vulnerable saveSettings function
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for WP Duplicate Page version 1.7 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get wp-duplicate-page --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify WP Duplicate Page plugin is updated to version 1.8 or later in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=saveSettings
- Multiple duplicate post operations from non-admin users
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to admin-ajax.php with saveSettings parameter from non-admin IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "admin-ajax.php" AND "saveSettings" AND NOT user_role="administrator"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-duplicate-page/tags/1.6/includes/Classes/ButtonDuplicate.php#L137
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-duplicate-page/tags/1.6/includes/Page/Settings.php#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3394773%40wp-duplicate-page%2Ftrunk&old=3386144%40wp-duplicate-page%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61105f6a-1bd7-415d-9481-a1c2c310f778?source=cve
