CVE-2024-5488 is a critical vulnerability affecting the SEOPress WordPress plugin prior to version 7.9. It involves improper protection of REST API routes combined with an object injection flaw, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code through malicious gadget chains. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for an authentication bypass related to this flaw, and community discussion and media coverage are currently minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:seopress:seopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.