This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
This could allow a malicious actor to download any file from your website. This includes but is not limited to files that contain login credentials or backup files.
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 4.3.0 or later to remove the vulnerability.
19 Nov, 2024