CVE-2024-6297

CRITICAL

Compromised WordPress.org Plugins - Malicious Admin Creation

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-6297. PoCs published by Sudo-WP.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a security-hardened fork of the 'Simply Show Hooks' WordPress plugin, addressing CVE-2024-6297 and additional XSS vulnerabilities. It provides a developer tool to visualize WordPress hooks with enhanced security measures.

Description

Several plugins for WordPress hosted on WordPress.org have been compromised and injected with malicious PHP scripts. A malicious threat actor compromised the source code of various plugins and injected code that exfiltrates database credentials and is used to create new, malicious, administrator users and send that data back to a server. Currently, not all plugins have been patched and we strongly recommend uninstalling the plugins for the time being and running a complete malware scan.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by Sudo-WP · poc
https://github.com/Sudo-WP/sudowp-hooks-visualizer

This repository contains a security-hardened fork of the 'Simply Show Hooks' WordPress plugin, addressing CVE-2024-6297 and additional XSS vulnerabilities. It provides a developer tool to visualize WordPress hooks with enhanced security measures.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WordPress with 'Simply Show Hooks' plugin
Auth required
Prerequisites: WordPress installation · Admin access to install plugins
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0
EPSS 0.0101
EPSS Percentile 58.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (5)
blazeretail/BLAZE Retail Widget 2.2.5 - 2.5.2
pedrogusmao02/Wrapper Link Elementor 1.0.2 - 1.0.3
stuartobrien/Simply Show Hooks 1.2.1 - 1.2.2
themerex/Contact Form 7 Multi-Step Addon 1.0.4 - 1.0.5
warfareplugins/Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare 4.4.6.4 - 4.4.7.1
Published Jun 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026