CVE-2024-33588

WordPress basepress plugin <= 2.16.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

5.4 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in codeSavory Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress.This issue affects Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress: from n/a through 2.16.1.

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: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.39%Up 0.3 points since Apr 30, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

WordPress basepress plugin <= 2.16.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-33588
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-31325 5.4

Record: EUVD-2024-31325
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-59wx-5mpv-jf8p 5.4

Missing Authorization vulnerability in codeSavory Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin –...

Record: GHSA-59wx-5mpv-jf8p
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.4

Record: CVE-2024-33588
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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-2024-33588 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Basepress Knowledge Base Documentation & Wiki Plugin – Basepress, published April 29, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.