Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Email Creation
Priority LOW 32CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email creation and sending due to a missing capability check on the 'send_auction_email_callback' and 'resend_auction_email_callback' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft emails that include links and send to any email address.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00398 34th 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
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nitesh_singh | Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin | up to 4.2.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin Vendornitesh_singh Affected up to 4.2.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:nitesh_singh:ultimate_wordpress_auction_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | nitesh_singh |
- cpe:2.3:a:nitesh_singh:ultimate_wordpress_auction_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·nitesh_singh
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6591
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jvq3-2554-r9j9
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-6591 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6591 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jvq3-2554-r9j9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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