What is CVE-2024-9488?

CVE-2024-9488 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-9488?

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

Is CVE-2024-9488 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz

CVE-2024-9488

The Comments – wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.24. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being returned by the social login token. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email and the user does not have an already-existing account for the service returning the token.

Published 2024-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz — versions 0
Gvectors Wpdiscuz

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b71706a7-e101-4d50-a2da-1aeea… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdiscuz/trunk/forms/wpdFormAttr/Login/Socia… (Product)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3164486/ (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9488?: CVE-2024-9488 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advancedcoding Comments – Wpdiscuz, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-9488?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9488 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.