CVE-2024-52429

WordPress WP Quick Setup plugin <= 2.0 - Arbitrary Plugin and Theme Installation to Remote Code Execution vulnerability

9.9 CriticalPublic exploit

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in AntonHoelstad WP Quick Setup wp-quick-setup allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects WP Quick Setup: from n/a through <= 2.0.

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: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.92%Up 0.9 points since Nov 19, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.9

WordPress WP Quick Setup plugin <= 2.0 - Arbitrary Plugin and Theme Installation to Remote Code Execution vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-52429
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-45914 9.9

Record: EUVD-2024-45914
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v92q-j4x7-3wcc 9.9

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Anton Hoelstad WP Quick Setup...

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Anton Hoelstad WP Quick Setup allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects WP Quick Setup: from n/a through 2.0.

Record: GHSA-v92q-j4x7-3wcc
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.9

Record: CVE-2024-52429
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-52429	2024-11-22

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2024-52429 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Anton Hoelstad Wp Quick Setup, published November 18, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.