Description

The WP Hide & Security Enhancer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file contents deletion due to a missing authorization and insufficient file path validation in the file-process.php in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can break the site or lead to data loss.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-11585

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

Affected Products

Vendor: nsp-code

Product: WP Hide & Security Enhancer

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 20.43% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43c7056e-39d8-467e-92ec-33a31e5dafc9?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-hide-security-enhancer/tags/2.5.1/router/file-process.php#L43

Timeline