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    2 vulnerabilities found for Post Type Switcher by johnjamesjacoby

    CVE-2025-12524 (GCVE-0-2025-12524)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-11-18 06:43 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:26
    VLAI
    Title
    Post Type Switcher <= 4.0.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Post Type Change
    Summary
    The Post Type Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to modify the post type of arbitrary posts and pages they do not own, including those created by administrators, which can lead to site disruption, broken navigation, and SEO impact.
    Severity
    5.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    johnjamesjacoby Post Type Switcher Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.0.0 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Athiwat Tiprasaharn
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2025-12524 (GCVE-0-2025-12524)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-18 06:43 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:26
    VLAI
    Title
    Post Type Switcher <= 4.0.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Post Type Change
    Summary
    The Post Type Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to modify the post type of arbitrary posts and pages they do not own, including those created by administrators, which can lead to site disruption, broken navigation, and SEO impact.
    Severity
    5.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    johnjamesjacoby Post Type Switcher Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.0.0 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Athiwat Tiprasaharn
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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