WordPress plugin vulnerabilities

Yoast Duplicate Post vulnerabilities

Known security issues in the Yoast Duplicate Post WordPress plugin, by affected version, with severity, CVE and the version that fixes each one.

Plugin slug
duplicate-post
Latest version
4.7
Active installs
3,000,000+
Known vulnerabilities
10 (2 without a fix)
Data updated
2026-10-18 07:30 UTC

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No fix available (2)

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Yoast Duplicate Post: No fix available
VulnerabilitySeverityCVSSAffected versionsPublished
[en] Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 inserts an unescaped post title and permalink into the Classic Editor scheduled republish notice.
CVE-2026-53740 · Source
Medium5.4<= 4.62026-06-10
[en] Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the duplicate_post_dismiss_notice handler, which verifies no nonce or capability.
CVE-2026-53739 · Source
Medium4.3<= 4.62026-06-10

Fixed in version 4.6 (1)

Yoast Duplicate Post: Fixed in version 4.6
VulnerabilitySeverityCVSSAffected versionsPublished
Yoast Duplicate Post <= 4.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Duplication and Overwrite
CVE-2026-1217 · Source
Not rated-< 4.60000-00-00

Fixed in version 3.2.4 (2)

Yoast Duplicate Post: Fixed in version 3.2.4
VulnerabilitySeverityCVSSAffected versionsPublished
Yoast Duplicate Post <= 3.2.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2019-25314 · Source
Medium5.5< 3.2.42019-09-26
Duplicate Post &lt;= 3.2.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
No CVE assigned · Source
Not rated-< 3.2.4-

Fixed in version 3.0 (1)

Yoast Duplicate Post: Fixed in version 3.0
VulnerabilitySeverityCVSSAffected versionsPublished
Yoast Duplicate Post <= 2.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2014-10378 · Source
Medium6.1< 3.02014-08-01

Fixed in version 2.6 (4)

Yoast Duplicate Post: Fixed in version 2.6
VulnerabilitySeverityCVSSAffected versionsPublished
Duplicate Post 2.5 - duplicate-post-admin.php User Login Cookie Value SQL Injection
CVE-2014-10379 · Source
Critical9.8< 2.62014-08-01
WordPress Duplicate Post Plugin <= 2.5 - Reflected XSS
No CVE assigned · Source
Not rated-< 2.62014-08-01
WordPress Duplicate Post Plugin <= 2.5 - SQL Injection
No CVE assigned · Source
Not rated-< 2.62014-08-01
Duplicate Post 2.5 - options-general.php post Parameter Reflected XSS
No CVE assigned · Source
Not rated-< 2.6-

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