01 Record
CVE-2024-6624
JSON API User <= 3.9.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
JSON API User <= 3.9.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 2.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-07-11 06:43Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:13Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-07-09
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c0f6f9f7fb7a847a152bf621c01243b68f77cecd71fb74414b250977af87ca77
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4a26f60-5912-4d4a-8ef8-e4357c1fb1ff?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/json-api-user/trunk/controllers/User.php#L51
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/json-api-user/trunk/controllers/User.php#L187
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3115185/