What is CVE-2024-13688?

CVE-2024-13688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpase Admin And Site Enhancements, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-13688?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wpase Admin And Site Enhancements

CVE-2024-13688

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.6.10 uses a hardcoded password in its Password Protection feature, allowing attacker to bypass the protection offered via a crafted request

Published 2025-04-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Wpase Admin And Site Enhancements
Admin And Site Enhancements (Ase) — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/19051d08-16b0-466c-976b-be7b076e8e92/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13688?: CVE-2024-13688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpase Admin And Site Enhancements, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-13688?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.