PT-2025-1961 · WordPress · Custom Related Posts

Lucio Sá · Published 2025-02-01 · Updated 2025-03-02 · CVE-2024-12825

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Custom Related Posts plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.7.3

Description The issue allows unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on three AJAX actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to search posts and link/unlink relations.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.7.3, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the three AJAX actions to prevent unauthorized access and modification of data. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AJAX actions until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12825

Affected Products

Custom Related Posts

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12825 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12825 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3226283%40custom-related-posts&new=3226283%40custom-related-posts&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://t.me/cvenotify/109592 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/40ba98a0-2193-4201-8370-34fd438dadb3?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112021 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/17012 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1885593240222499172 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1885639391630049576 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/taqtics_ai/status/1896001304637354420 · Twitter Post