{"id":"CVE-2024-11972","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-11972","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T20:45:37.126Z","title":"The Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 does not correctly authorize some REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated requests to install and activate arbitrary Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 from the WordPress.org repo,…","description":"The Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 does not correctly authorize some REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated requests to install and activate arbitrary Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 from the WordPress.org repo, including vulnerable Hunk Companion WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 that have been closed.","published":"2024-12-31T06:15:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:58:49.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["themehunk/hunk companion"],"epss":{"score":0.59055,"percentile":0.99114,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-10-07","score":0.59055,"percentile":0.99093}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-04-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52259,"kind":"exploit","title":"Hunk Companion Plugin 1.9.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin Installation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52259","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52259.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52259.py","published":"2025-04-18","added":"2025-04-18","updated":"2025-04-18","author":"Jun Takemura","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2024-11972"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 59.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11972","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}