What is CVE-2024-43957?

CVE-2024-43957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sk. Abul Hasan Animated Number Counters, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-43957?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-43957 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Sk. Abul Hasan Animated Number Counters

CVE-2024-43957

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Sk. Abul Hasan Animated Number Counters allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Animated Number Counters: from n/a through 1.9.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2024-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/animated-number-counters/wordpress-animat… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43957?: CVE-2024-43957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sk. Abul Hasan Animated Number Counters, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-43957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-43957 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.