CVE-2024-10728
high · 8.8The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.
8.8
CVSS
38.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2024-11-16
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-862
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpxpo | postx | < 4.1.17 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Importer.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Initialization.php#L330
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188636/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Importer.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076f36fb-c2fb-43e0-a027-1351d3995489?source=cve
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2024-10728