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2 vulnerabilities found for Hunk Companion by themehunk
CVE-2024-9707 (GCVE-0-2024-9707)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-10-11 06:50 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:11
VLAI
KEVIntel
Title
Hunk Companion <= 1.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation
Summary
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, 1.8.4. 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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| themehunk | Hunk Companion |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.8.4
(semver)
|
|
| themehunk | hunk_companion |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.8.4
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:themehunk:hunk_companion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Credits
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CVE-2024-9707 (GCVE-0-2024-9707)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-11 06:50 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:11
VLAI
KEVIntel
Title
Hunk Companion <= 1.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation
Summary
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, 1.8.4. 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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| themehunk | Hunk Companion |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.8.4
(semver)
|
|
| themehunk | hunk_companion |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.8.4
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:themehunk:hunk_companion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Credits
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