CVE-2024-9636
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 2.2.85 to 2.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta can be updated during profile registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as an administrator.
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Related News
A critical vulnerability in the popular WordPress plugin, formerly known as Post Grid and now ComboBlocks, has left The post CVE-2024-9636: Popular WordPress Plugin ComboBlocks Exposes Thousands of Sites to Complete Takeover appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
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WordPress Vulnerability
Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks – ComboBlocks
Software Slug
post-grid
Affected Versions
Patched Versions
Remediation
Update to version 2.3.4, or a newer patched version
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 15, 2025, Modified: January 15, 2025