CVE-2024-9195 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the WHMPress - WHMCS Client Area plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 4.3-revision-3. It stems from a missing capability check, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access to modify arbitrary WordPress options. This can be exploited to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, leading to full administrative control of the site. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) due to its low attack complexity and significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whmpress:whmcs_client_area:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whmpress:whmcs_client_area:4.3:rev1:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whmpress:whmcs_client_area:4.3:rev2:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whmpress:whmcs_client_area:4.3:rev3:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.