CVE-2024-7429

Zotpress <= 7.3.12 - Missing Authorization

4.3 Medium

The Zotpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the Zotpress_process_accounts_AJAX function in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to reset the plugin's settings.

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

0.36%Up 0.3 points since Nov 6, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.3

Zotpress <= 7.3.12 - Missing Authorization

Record: CVE-2024-7429
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-284
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-48353 4.3

Record: EUVD-2024-48353
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-39g2-28q4-qh2q 4.3

The Zotpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a...

Record: GHSA-39g2-28q4-qh2q
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-284, CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.3

Record: CVE-2024-7429
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-284, CWE-862
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-2024-7429 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Katieseaborn Zotpress, published November 5, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.