# CVE-2024-6499: WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons <= 9.7.8 - Full Path Disclosure

> Unauthenticated attackers can obtain the full server path, aiding reconnaissance and potentially facilitating further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 24 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9x2-m7q5-frxf

## What is CVE-2024-6499?

CVE-2024-6499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in maxfoundry MaxButtons – Create buttons, published on 24 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information exposure in all versions up to, and including, 9.7.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain the full path to instances, which they may be able to use in combination with other vulnerabilities or to simplify reconnaissance work. On its own, this information is of very limited use.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6499?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Maxfoundry Maxbuttons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6499?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6499 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6499 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6499 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in maxfoundry MaxButtons – Create buttons

- [CVE-2023-36503](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36503/): WordPress MaxButtons Plugin <= 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-7029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7029/): WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons <= 9.7.6 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-3026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3026/): WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons < 9.7.8 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-10555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10555/): MaxButtons < 9.8.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Button Width (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-8968](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8968/): MaxButtons < 9.8.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Text Color (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6499 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in maxfoundry MaxButtons – Create buttons, published on 24 Aug 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-2024-6499 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: maxfoundry MaxButtons – Create buttons. 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-2024-6499/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6499/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6499
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6499
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6499

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6499/
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