Privilege escalation in Pickplugins Post Grid And Gutenberg Blocks – Comboblocks

CVE-2024-9636

The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 2.2.85 to 2.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

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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 (55.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-9636: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9636?
CVE-2024-9636 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pickplugins Post Grid And Gutenberg Blocks – Comboblocks, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-9636?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9636 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.