This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
This could allow a malicious actor to directly interact with your database, including but not limited to stealing information.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule to block any attacks until you have updated to a fixed version.
Update to version 7.5.47.7212 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
19 Jul, 2024
Published by Patchstack
19 Jul, 2024