CVE-2024-13468
Published: 19 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-13468 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 40.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-13468 is a vulnerability in the Trash Duplicate and 301 Redirect plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.9. It stems from a missing capability check on the 'duplicates-action-top' action, enabling unauthorized loss of data and classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N), highlighting high integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability effects.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation allows them to delete arbitrary posts and pages on the targeted WordPress site, potentially disrupting content management without needing any privileges.
Advisories reference the plugin's WordPress.org page, a development trac changeset (3343764) in the trash-duplicate-and-301-redirect repository, and Wordfence threat intelligence, which detail the fix applied post-version 1.9. Mitigation involves updating the plugin to a patched version beyond 1.9.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-4743
Vulnerability details
The Trash Duplicate and 301 Redirect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'duplicates-action-top' action in all versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated…
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attackers to delete arbitrary posts/pages.
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Why these techniques?
Direct unauthenticated remote exploitation of missing authorization in public-facing WordPress plugin enables arbitrary post/page deletion.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly addressing the missing capability check that allows unauthenticated deletion of posts and pages.
Employs least privilege to ensure unauthenticated users lack permissions for destructive actions like arbitrary post deletion.
Requires timely remediation of flaws such as the missing authorization check via plugin updates beyond version 1.9.