CVE-2024-11916 Missing authorization in The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended

High 7.4 Published 8 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can exploit missing authorization checks to inject malicious scripts and modify data in the WP Extended plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-11916?

CVE-2024-11916 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended, published on 8 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and retrieval of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to import and activate arbitrary code snippets along with

Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11916?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpextended Wp Extended.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11916?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-11916 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2235-g2f2-vp6c.