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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-6695

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Profile-Builder plugin

Published Jul 15, 2024 · catalog updated Jul 23, 2024 · Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in

Patch now

CVE-2024-6695 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.80%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor cozmoslabs profile_builder

During a routine audit of various WordPress plugins, we identified some issues in Profile Builder and Profile Builder Pro (50k+ active installs). We discovered an Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability which could allow attackers to gain administrative access without having any kind of account on the targeted site and perform unauthorized actions. This vulnerability was fixed on […]

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  • vendor cozmoslabs profile_builderversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-6695

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-6695 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in 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 0.80%. 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. Jul 15, 2024 · WPScan Vulnerability Database

    Detected

    During a routine audit of various WordPress plugins, we identified some issues in Profile Builder and Profile Builder Pro (50k+ active installs). We discovered an Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability which could allow attackers to gain administrative access without having any kind of account on the targeted site and perform unauthorized actions. This vulnerability was fixed on [

  2. Jul 23, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Jul 23, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Updated

    it's possible for an attacker to gain administrative access without having any kind of account on the targeted site and perform unauthorized actions. This is due to improper logic flow on the user registration process.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-6695

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-6695

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-6695

    it's possible for an attacker to gain administrative access without having any kind of account on the targeted site and perform unauthorized actions. This is due to improper logic flow on the user registration process.

    vulncheck.com
  • WPScan Vulnerability DatabaseVendor advisoryCVE-2024-6695

    During a routine audit of various WordPress plugins, we identified some issues in Profile Builder and Profile Builder Pro (50k+ active installs). We discovered an Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability which could allow attackers to gain administrative access without

    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.