# CVE-2024-37484: WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.97 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

> Attackers can escalate privileges in the Zephyr Project Manager WordPress plugin due to improper privilege management.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7fw5-3r82-477f

## What is CVE-2024-37484?

CVE-2024-37484 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dylan James Zephyr Project Manager, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Dylan James Zephyr Project Manager allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Zephyr Project Manager: from n/a through 3.3.97.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37484?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zephyr-One Zephyr Project Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37484?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37484 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37484 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37484 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dylan James Zephyr Project Manager

- [CVE-2022-2840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2840/): Zephyr Project Manager < 3.2.5 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7624/): Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.101 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Privilege Escalation (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-38761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38761/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.99 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Export File vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-32526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32526/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.101 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-7356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7356/): Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.100 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via filename Parameter (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37484 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37484 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dylan James Zephyr Project Manager, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37484 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dylan James Zephyr Project Manager. 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-2024-37484/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37484/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37484
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37484
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37484

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37484/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.