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…
EPSS: 0.548 (98.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Themehunk Hunk_companion
- Unknown Hunk Companion — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (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.