{"id":"CVE-2024-49256","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-49256","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:19:46.427Z","title":"Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in WP Chill Htaccess File Editor htaccess-file-editor allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Htaccess File Editor: from n/a through <= 1.0.18.","description":"Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in WP Chill Htaccess File Editor htaccess-file-editor allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Htaccess File Editor: from n/a through <= 1.0.18.","published":"2024-11-01T15:15:57.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:59:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"audit@patchstack.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-863"],"affected":["wpchill/htaccess file editor"],"epss":{"score":0.00372,"percentile":0.30898,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/htaccess-file-editor/vulnerability/wordpress-htaccess-file-editor-plugin-1-0-18-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve","source":"audit@patchstack.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49256","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."}