CVE-2024-11972

The Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 does not correctly authorize some REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated requests to install and activate arbitrary Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 from the WordPress.org repo, including vulnerable Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 that have been closed.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

54.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Nuclei

critical

Published

2024-12-31

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4/
• Nxploited/CVE-2024-11972-PoC0★ · 2025-01-29
• RonF98/CVE-2024-11972-POC1★ · 2025-07-07

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-11972.yaml

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52259

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-21716
• CVE-2023-38831
• CVE-2023-6000
• CVE-2024-43451
• CVE-2024-11971
• CVE-2024-1198