CVE-2024-9989 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the Crypto plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 2.15. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, by exploiting a limited arbitrary method call. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability). While not yet on the KEV catalog, Nuclei templates for exploitation exist, but there is currently no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:odude:crypto_tool:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 2.18CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:odude:crypto_tool:*:*:*:*:*: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.