What is CVE-2024-6459?

CVE-2024-6459 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Webangon News Element, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-6459?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6459 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Webangon News Element

CVE-2024-6459

The News Element Elementor Blog Magazine WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion via the template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker to include and execute PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.9th 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

Webangon News_element
Unknown News Element Elementor Blog Magazine — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6459?: CVE-2024-6459 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Webangon News Element, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-6459?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6459 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.