WP Scraper <= 5.7 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Page/Post Creation
Priority LOW 20CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The WP Scraper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wp_scraper_multi_scrape_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary pages and posts.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00343 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rico-macchi | WP Scraper | up to 5.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Scraper Vendorrico-macchi Affected up to 5.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3663
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-74c3-rgpv-v3qr
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a4bc52d-5771-4e7b-a394-772f2a5edbd7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-scraper/trunk/wp-scraper.php#L1426
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3095663%40wp-scraper&new=3095663%40wp-scraper&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More rico-macchi vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-22268 WordPress WP Links Page plugin <= 4.9.6 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-23622 WordPress WP Featured Screenshot Plugin <= 1.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-09155 WP Scraper <= 5.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2025-09341 WP Links Page <= 4.9.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-05998 WP Links Page <= 4.9.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Image Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-3663 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-3663 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-74c3-rgpv-v3qr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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