CVE-2024-9234

GutenKit <= 2.1.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

The GutenKit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, and Templates for Gutenberg Block Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the install_and_activate_plugin_from_external() function (install-active-plugin REST API endpoint) in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins, or utilize the functionality to upload arbitrary files spoofed like plugins.

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: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

10.4%Up 10.4 points since Oct 12, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.8

GutenKit <= 2.1.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Record: CVE-2024-9234
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-49809 9.8

Record: EUVD-2024-49809
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7cmx-277j-7rf8 9.8

The GutenKit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, and Templates for Gutenberg Block Editor plugin for...

Record: GHSA-7cmx-277j-7rf8
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.8

Record: CVE-2024-9234
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Nuclei	GutenKit <= 2.1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload
PoC in GitHub	Nxploited/CVE-2024-9234	2024-12-28
PoC in GitHub	RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9234	2024-10-17

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2024-9234 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ataurr Gutenkit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, And Templates For Gutenberg Block Editor, published October 11, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.4%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.