What is CVE-2024-31298?

CVE-2024-31298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joel Hardi User Spam Remover, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-31298?

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

Is CVE-2024-31298 known to be exploited?

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

Information disclosure in Joel Hardi User Spam Remover

CVE-2024-31298

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability in Joel Hardi User Spam Remover.This issue affects User Spam Remover: from n/a through 1.0.

Published 2024-04-10 · 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: 0.005 (41.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/user-spam-remover/wordpress-user-spam-rem… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-31298?: CVE-2024-31298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joel Hardi User Spam Remover, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-31298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-31298 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.