This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
Due to the specific nature of this vulnerability, both legitimate and illegitimate requests are blocked by the vPatch.
This could allow a malicious actor to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, denial of service, and more if a proper POP chain is present.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Patchstack has issued a mitigation rule to block any attacks until you have updated to a fixed version.
Update to version 10.1.1.2 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers
4 Mar, 2025
Published by Patchstack
4 Mar, 2025