CVE•Published 2024-05-14•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2024-4605
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Breakdance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 via post meta data. This is due to the plugin storing custom data in metadata without an underscore prefix. This makes it possible for lower privileged users, such as contributors, to edit this data via UI. As a result they can escalate their privileges or execute arbitrary code.
Timeline
Published 2024-05-14
Modified 2026-04-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2024-4605Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2024-4605Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2024-4605Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2024-4605GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2024-4605" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2024-4605 on GitHub.