THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2024-10728
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-10728

Postx vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
36.5%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.
Affected vendor
Wpxpo
Affected product
Postx
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2024-11-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 36.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-10728

  • Confirm whether Wpxpo Postx is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-10728.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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