CVE-2024-12472

Post Duplicator <= 2.36 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Protected Post Disclosure

4.3 Medium

The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.36 via the mtphr_duplicate_post() function due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be duplicated. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to by duplicating the post.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.32%Up 0.3 points since Jan 11, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.3

Post Duplicator <= 2.36 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Protected Post Disclosure

Record: CVE-2024-12472
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-639
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-50884 4.3

Record: EUVD-2024-50884
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8rmf-hhqr-454p 5.3

The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up...

The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.36 via the mtphr_duplicate_post() due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be duplicated. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to by duplicating the post.

Record: GHSA-8rmf-hhqr-454p
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-639
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.3

Record: CVE-2024-12472
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-639
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-12472 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Metaphor Creations Post Duplicator, published January 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.