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CVE-2024-11972

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
December 31, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Hunk Companion — Before 1.9.0
  • themehunk hunk_companion — Before 1.9.0

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record