Is CVE-2024-11972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-11972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-11972?

CVE-2024-11972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-11972?

CVE-2024-11972 has an EPSS score of 54.75% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-11972

CRITICALEPSS 99th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

54.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4/

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-17.