CVE-2024-38746

WordPress MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) plugin <= 3.0.3 - Arbitrary File Download and SSRF vulnerability

7.1 High

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in MakeStories Team MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) allows Path Traversal, Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects MakeStories (for Google Web Stories): from n/a through 3.0.3.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Up 0.4 points since Aug 6, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

WordPress MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) plugin <= 3.0.3 - Arbitrary File Download and SSRF vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-38746
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-37594 7.1

Record: EUVD-2024-37594
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jm66-g23p-272w 7.1

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Record: GHSA-jm66-g23p-272w
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.1

Record: CVE-2024-38746
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2024-38746 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Makestories Team (for Google Web Stories), published August 1, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.