CVE-2024-6591

Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Email Creation

5.8 Medium

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email creation and sending due to a missing capability check on the 'send_auction_email_callback' and 'resend_auction_email_callback' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft emails that include links and send to any email address.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.40%Up 0.3 points since Jul 27, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.8

Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Email Creation

Record: CVE-2024-6591
CVSS 3.1: 5.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-47656 5.8

Record: EUVD-2024-47656
CVSS 3.1: 5.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jvq3-2554-r9j9 5.8

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email...

The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email creation and sending due to a missing capability check on the 'send_auction_email_callback' and 'resend_auction_email_callback' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to craft emails that include links and send to any email address.

Record: GHSA-jvq3-2554-r9j9
CVSS 3.1: 5.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.8

Record: CVE-2024-6591
CVSS 3.1: 5.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

nitesh singh ultimate wordpress auction plugin

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-2024-6591 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Nitesh Singh Ultimate Wordpress Auction Plugin, published July 27, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.