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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-11972

Hunk Companion Plugin Unauthenticated POST Request Vulnerability

Published Dec 10, 2024 · catalog updated Dec 10, 2024 · ThemeHunk Hunk Companion Plugin

Patch now

CVE-2024-11972 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ThemeHunk Hunk Companion Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
59.05%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor ThemeHunk Hunk Companion Plugin

A vulnerability is present in the Hunk Companion plugin that allows installation and activation of plugins from the Wordpress.org repository via an unauthenticated POST request. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor ThemeHunk Hunk Companion Pluginversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-11972

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-11972 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ThemeHunk Hunk Companion Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 59.05%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 10, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  2. Dec 10, 2024 · WPScan Vulnerability Database

    Detected

    CVE-2024-11972 is listed by Unauthorized Plugin Installation/Activation in Hunk Companion.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-11972

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-11972

    30-day exploitation probability 59.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-11972

    A vulnerability is present in the Hunk Companion plugin that allows installation and activation of plugins from the Wordpress.org repository via an unauthenticated POST request.

    vulncheck.com
  • WPScan Vulnerability DatabaseVendor advisoryCVE-2024-11972

    This report highlights a vulnerability in the Hunk Companion plugin < 1.9.0 that allows unauthenticated POST requests to install and activate plugins directly from the WordPress.org repository. This flaw poses a significant security risk, as it enables attackers to insta

    wpscan.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.