CVE-2024-9586

Linkz.ai <= 1.1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Update

6.5 Medium

The Linkz.ai plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'check_auth' and 'check_logout' functions in versions up to, and including, 1.1.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings.

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: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.45%Up 0.4 points since Oct 12, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Linkz.ai <= 1.1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Update

Record: CVE-2024-9586
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-50038 6.5

Record: EUVD-2024-50038
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6f2w-qq5x-fpg9 6.5

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

Record: GHSA-6f2w-qq5x-fpg9
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2024-9586
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: 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-2024-9586 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Linkz.ai, published October 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.