# CVE-2024-0368: Hustle <= 7.8.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Exposed Hubspot API Keys

> Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive PII and Hubspot API keys due to hardcoded credentials in the Hustle WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5mfr-qw98-pxjr

## What is CVE-2024-0368?

CVE-2024-0368 is a high-severity vulnerability in wpmudev Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.3 via hardcoded API Keys. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including PII.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0368?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmudev Hustle.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0368 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Hustle Plugin <= 7.8.3 contains hardcoded HubSpot API credentials in inc/providers/hubspot/hustle-hubspot-api.php (github_poc): https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-0368

## Other vulnerabilities in wpmudev Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups

- [CVE-2024-8492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8492/): Hustle < 7.8.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0368 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0368 is a high-severity vulnerability in wpmudev Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpmudev Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0368/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0368
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0368
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0368

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0368/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.