What is CVE-2024-9988?

CVE-2024-9988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Odude Crypto Tool, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-9988?

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

Is CVE-2024-9988 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Odude Crypto Tool

CVE-2024-9988

The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.19. This is due to missing validation on the user being supplied in the 'crypto_connect_ajax_process::register' function. This makes…

EPSS: 0.148 (94.6th 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

Odude Crypto Tool — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9988?: CVE-2024-9988 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Odude Crypto Tool, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-9988?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9988 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.