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CVE-2024-11972

Hunk Companion < 1.9.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin Installation

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
November 28, 2024
Published Date
December 31, 2024
Last Updated
December 31, 2024
Vendor
Unknown
Product
Hunk Companion
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.
Tags
nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC Information

Exploitation
none
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-10-24 07:29:32 UTC) Source

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4/

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2025-10-24 07:29:32 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-11972.yaml 2026-06-01 15:34:37 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei