CVE-2024-43968 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-43968: WordPress Newspack plugin < 3.8.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Automattic

Product Newspack

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published November 1, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Broken Access Control vulnerability in Automattic Newspack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Newspack: from n/a through 3.8.6.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 1, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43968 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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