CVE-2024-49256

WordPress Htaccess File Editor plugin <= 1.0.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in WP Chill Htaccess File Editor htaccess-file-editor allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Htaccess File Editor: from n/a through <= 1.0.18.

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: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.37%Up 0.3 points since Nov 2, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Htaccess File Editor plugin <= 1.0.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-49256
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-43720 6.5

Record: EUVD-2024-43720
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8cfg-3c2q-hx8x 5.4

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in WPChill Htaccess File Editor allows Accessing...

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in WPChill Htaccess File Editor allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.

This issue affects Htaccess File Editor: from n/a through 1.0.18.

Record: GHSA-8cfg-3c2q-hx8x
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.4

Record: CVE-2024-49256
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

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

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-49256 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Wp Chill Htaccess File Editor, published November 1, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.