CVE-2024-9707

Hunk Companion <= 1.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

The Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/hc/v1/themehunk-import REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.

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

9.08%Up 9.0 points since Oct 12, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.8

Hunk Companion <= 1.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Record: CVE-2024-9707
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-2024-50100 9.8

Record: EUVD-2024-50100
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-8cm3-4qfx-pwvc 9.8

The Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation...

Record: GHSA-8cm3-4qfx-pwvc
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-2024-9707
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

themehunk hunk companion

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Nuclei	Hunk Companion <= 1.8.4 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation
PoC in GitHub	Nxploited/CVE-2024-9707-Poc	2025-01-12
PoC in GitHub	RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9707	2024-10-11

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-2024-9707 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Themehunk Hunk Companion, published October 11, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.08%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.