CVE-2024-27955 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WP Automatic Automatic allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00441.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

WP Automatic

Automatic

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 3.92.0

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Vendors	Products
Wordpress Subscribe	Wordpress Subscribe
Wp Automatic Subscribe	Automatic Subscribe

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Wordpress Subscribe	Wordpress Subscribe
Wp Automatic Subscribe	Automatic Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-25129	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WP Automatic Automatic allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 3.92.1 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-automatic/wordpress-automatic-plugin-3-92-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-05-17T08:50:51.732Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:09:14.410Z

Reserved: 2024-02-28T16:45:36.408Z

Link: CVE-2024-27955

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-05-22T17:18:51.915Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-17T09:15:27.330

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:23:34.727

Link: CVE-2024-27955

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:15:41Z

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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