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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-13373
CVE-2024-13373:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Exertio Framework plugin for WordPress contains a privilege escalation vulnerability via account takeover in versions up to and including 1.3. This vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in February 2025 (NVD Results).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2024-13373 with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1, indicating a high severity level (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows for privilege escalation through account takeover, potentially giving attackers unauthorized access to user accounts and elevated permissions within WordPress installations using the affected plugin (NVD Results).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to Exertio Framework version 1.3.1 or later, which contains security improvements and fixes for this vulnerability. The update was released on February 26th, 2025, and includes various security improvements and bug fixes (ThemeForest).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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