CVE-2024-54279 HIGH

CVE-2024-54279: WordPress WP-NERD Toolkit plugin <= 1.1 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability

Vendor Tobias Keller

Product WP-NERD Toolkit

Weakness CWE-497

Published December 16, 2024

Last update April 29, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in Tobias Keller WP-NERD Toolkit wp-nerd-toolkit.This issue affects WP-NERD Toolkit: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WP-NERD Toolkit versions 1.1 and earlier expose sensitive information that can be read over the network without authentication. An attacker can retrieve confidential data by sending network requests to the affected system. No user interaction or special privileges are required. Update to a version newer than 1.1 to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information from the site without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Confidential data may be exposed to unauthenticated attackers over the network.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the site; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 16, 2024 CVE published

April 29, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54279 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/497.html AskarLabs — CWE-497 write-up Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

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