Hunk Companion <= 1.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-11972
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published December 10, 2024
Last Updated January 17, 2025
Researcher Daniel Rodriguez
Description

The Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/hc/v1/themehunk-import REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. This is a bypass to CVE-2024-9707.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hunk-companion (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.5
Patched Version
  • 1.9.0
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