CVE-2024-56271

WordPress WP SecureSubmit plugin <= 1.5.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

4.3 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in SecureSubmit WP SecureSubmit securesubmit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP SecureSubmit: from n/a through <= 1.5.20.

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: None

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Up 0.3 points since Jan 8, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.3

WordPress WP SecureSubmit plugin <= 1.5.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-56271
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-53068 4.3

Record: EUVD-2024-53068
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h5pw-6wvq-g597 4.3

Missing Authorization vulnerability in SecureSubmit WP SecureSubmit allows Exploiting Incorrectly...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in SecureSubmit WP SecureSubmit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP SecureSubmit: from n/a through 1.5.16.

Record: GHSA-h5pw-6wvq-g597
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.3

Record: CVE-2024-56271
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

securesubmit wp securesubmit

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-2024-56271 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Securesubmit Wp Securesubmit, published January 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.