What is CVE-2024-27954?

CVE-2024-27954 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wp Automatic, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-27954?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-27954 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Wp Automatic

CVE-2024-27954

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in WP Automatic Automatic allows Path Traversal, Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.728 (99.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.728 · newest: 0.728 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wp Automatic

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-automatic/wordpress-automatic-plugin-3… (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27954?: CVE-2024-27954 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wp Automatic, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-27954?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-27954 known to be exploited?: 30 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.