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Breakdance <= 1.7.1 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

CVE-2024-4605Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤1.7.1Update to 1.7.2 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Breakdance breakdance

  1. Affected≤ 1.7.1
  2. Patched in1.7.2

Update to 1.7.2 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.1. Version 1.7.2 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Breakdance.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 1.7.2, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Breakdance to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Francesco Carlucci.

The Breakdance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 via post meta data. This is due to the plugin storing custom data in metadata without an underscore prefix. This makes it possible for lower privileged users, such as contributors, to edit this data via UI. As a result they can escalate their privileges or execute arbitrary code.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Breakdance

All 8
More vulnerabilities in Breakdance
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.8.1Update to 2.8.2
—
Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.6.1Update to 2.6.2
CVE-2026-65551
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Webhook Action Details
≤2.7.1Update to 2.7.2
CVE-2026-7543
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.7.1Update to 2.7.2
CVE-2026-57735
Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤1.7.1Update to 2.0.0
CVE-2024-5331

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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