Is CVE-2024-6459 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-6459 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-6459?

CVE-2024-6459 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-6459?

CVE-2024-6459 has an EPSS score of 1.02% (59th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6459?

Upgrade news element to 1.0.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-6459

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The News Element Elementor Blog Magazine WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion via the template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker to include and execute PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.

How to fix

Remediation Available

news elementNVD

Affected:< 1.0.6Fixed in:1.0.6CVE-2024-6459derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

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

1.02%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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