CVE-2024-11972

Hunk Companion < 1.9.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin Installation

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El complemento Hunk Companion para WordPress anterior a la versión 1.9.0 no autoriza correctamente algunos endpoints de la API REST, lo que permite que solicitudes no autenticadas instalen y activen complementos Hunk Companion para WordPress anteriores a la versión 1.9.0 arbitrarios desde el repositorio de WordPress.org, incluido el complemento Hunk Companion para WordPress anterior a la versión 1.9.0 vulnerable que se ha cerrado.

The Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/hc/v1/themehunk-import REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. This is a bypass to CVE-2024-9707.

*Credits: Daniel Rodriguez, WPScan

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-11-28 CVE Reserved
2024-12-10 CVE Published
2024-12-16 First Exploit
2025-01-01 EPSS Updated
2025-01-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/183164	2024-12-16
https://github.com/JunTakemura/exploit-CVE-2024-11972	2024-12-18
https://github.com/RonF98/CVE-2024-11972-POC	2025-01-20
https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-11972-PoC	2025-01-29
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4	2024-12-31

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Unknown Search vendor "Unknown"		Hunk Companion Search vendor "Unknown" for product "Hunk Companion"				< 1.9.0 Search vendor "Unknown" for product "Hunk Companion" and version " < 1.9.0"		en		Affected