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SCA: security update for yoast/duplicate-post (GHSA-g9w4-m5fx-x3wv)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439052

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Yoast Duplicate Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a
 missing capability check on the clone_bulk_action_handler() and republish_request() functions in all
 versions up to, and including, 4.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-
 level access and above, to duplicate any post on the site including private, draft, and trashed posts they
 shouldn't have access to. Additionally, attackers with Author-level access and above can use the Rewrite &
 Republish feature to overwrite any published post with their own content. (CVE-2026-1217)

Solution

Update the yoast/duplicate-post library and its related packages to version 4.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g9w4-m5fx-x3wv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439052

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/20/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1217

cwe: CWE-862