CVE-2024-6591

Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Email Creation

MEDIUM
5.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2024 at 01:51 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorUltimate AuctionUltimate WordPress Auction Plugin

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Severity
MEDIUM5.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email creation and sending due to a missing capability check on the 'send_auction_email_callback' and 'resend_auction_email_callback' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft emails that include links and send to any email address.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.2.7

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.8MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-862

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