CVE-2024-56280: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability was discovered in Amento Tech Pvt ltd's WPGuppy WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 1.1.0. The vulnerability was reported by security researcher l8BL on December 10, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 3, 2025. This security issue has been assigned CVE-2024-56280 and received a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 (High) (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) that allows privilege escalation in the WPGuppy WordPress plugin. The issue can be exploited by authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (Patchstack).

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to escalate their low-privileged account to one with higher privileges. If successfully exploited, attackers could potentially gain full control of the website if high-level privileges are obtained (Patchstack).

Users are advised to update to WPGuppy version 1.1.1 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to a fixed version (Patchstack).