This vulnerability is moderately dangerous and expected to become exploited.
This could allow a malicious actor to execute commands on the target website. This can be used to gain backdoor access to then take full control of the website.
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 7.9.9 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
16 Aug, 2023