WordPress Simple Notification plugin <= 1.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2024-12-13 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-52368

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in appsbd Simple Notification simple-notification allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Notification: from n/a through <= 1.3.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2024-12-16)

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

appsbd Simple Notification

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/simple-notification/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-notification-plugin-1-3-broken-a
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-54242
NVD CVE-2024-54242

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