WordPress Defender plugin <= 4.7.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2024-11-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36669

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform Defender Security defender-security.This issue affects Defender Security: from n/a through <= 4.7.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform Defender Security 4.7.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-11-01)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform Defender Security
wpmudev defender_security

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/defender-security/vulnerability/wordpress-defender-plugin-4-7-1-broken-access-contr
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-37444
NVD CVE-2024-37444

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary