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CVE-2024-5488

SEOPress < 7.9 - Unauthenticated Object Injection

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. Fixed in 7.9.

CVSS 3.19.8CriticalEPSS percentile90th3.7% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 1 sourceFix7.9Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

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  • Unknown SEOPressAffected: < 7.9Upgrade to: 7.9Stated by: CVE record
  • SeopressAffected: < 7.9Upgrade to: 7.9Stated by: NVD
  • WordPress Foundation SEOPressAffected: до 7.9Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

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Check it yourselfA free Nuclei check exists for this CVE. Run it against your hosts.Is your organisation exposed?Discuss checks for your systems with a specialist. Scope is agreed before testing.

What it is

From the CVE record

The SEOPress WordPress plugin before 7.9 does not properly protect some of its REST API routes, which combined with another Object Injection vulnerability can allow unauthenticated attackers to unserialize malicious gadget chains, compromising the site if a suitable chain is present.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS90th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

1 source with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

3.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 90th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 289 days before any public exploit.

  1. EPSS band changehigh → low
  2. Public exploit / PoCsource: other
  3. Nuclei check added
  4. Patch availablerecord updated
  5. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 9.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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