What is CVE-2024-11972?

CVE-2024-11972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Themehunk Hunk Companion, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-11972?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-11972 known to be exploited?

9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Themehunk Hunk Companion

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.

Published 2024-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.591 (99.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.545 · newest: 0.591 · change: +0.046

Affected products

Themehunk Hunk Companion
Hunk Companion — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-11972?: CVE-2024-11972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Themehunk Hunk Companion, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-11972?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-11972 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.