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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-13688

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.6.10 uses a hardcoded password in its Password Protection feature, allowing attacker to bypass the protection offere

Published Apr 28, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 27, 2025 · Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Check this week

CVE-2024-13688 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 39.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE).

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
39.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 0 <7.6.10

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.6.10 uses a hardcoded password in its Password Protection feature, allowing attacker to bypass the protection offered via a crafted request

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 Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 0 <7.6.100 <7.6.10

How to fix CVE-2024-13688

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-13688 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 39.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE).

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 0 <7.6.10 0 <7.6.10. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 39.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. 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. Apr 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.6.10 uses a hardcoded password in its Password Protection feature, allowing attacker to bypass the protection offered via a crafted request

  2. Aug 27, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.6.10 uses a hardcoded password in its Password Protection feature, allowing attacker to bypass the protection offered via a crafted request

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-13688

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54440

    The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.6.10 uses a hardcoded password in its Password Protection feature, allowing attacker to bypass the protection offered via a crafted request

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.