CVE-2024-11816

moderate-risk
Published 2025-01-08

The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in version 3.0.11. This is due to a missing capability check on the 'wpext_handle_snippet_update' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute code on the server providing an admin has created at least one code snippet.

Do I need to act?

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14.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 86% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wpextended

References (3)

Product https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/modules/cor...
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3ce53e5-8666-4227-83d...
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal