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Hunk Companion Plugin for WordPress < 1.9.0 Arbitrary Plugin Installation

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114545

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Synopsis

Hunk Companion Plugin for WordPress < 1.9.0 Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Description

The WordPress Hunk Companion Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by an improper access control vulnerability allowing a remote and unauthenticated attacker to install any plugin on the affected WordPress instance.

Note that the scanner has not tester for these issues but has instead relied only the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Hunk Companion 1.9.0 or later

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/hunk-companion/

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/hunk-companion/hunk-companion-184-missing-authorization-to-unauthenticated-arbitrary-plugin-installationactivation

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 114545

Type: remote

Published: 12/19/2024

Updated: 12/19/2024

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: Tenable

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: Tenable

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11972