Is CVE-2024-6159 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-6159 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-6159?

CVE-2024-6159 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-6159?

CVE-2024-6159 has an EPSS score of 2.49% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-6159

CRITICALEPSS 83th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress WordPress plugin before 1.9.4 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection

CWE-89SQL Injection

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

2.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de20ebda-b0bc-489e-a8d3-e9487a2b48e8/

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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 2025-06-11.