High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-10728
CVE-2024-10728
Description
The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks and WordPress Blog Plugin – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_required_plugin_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.
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Affected products
4- Range: <=4.1.16
- wpxpo/Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostXv5Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188636/ultimate-post/trunk/classes/Importer.phpnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/076f36fb-c2fb-43e0-a027-1351d3995489nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Importer.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/4.1.16/classes/Initialization.phpnvdProduct
- wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post/nvdProduct
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