CVE-2024-50498 (GCVE-0-2024-50498)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-28 11:24 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:10Title
WordPress WP Query Console plugin <= 1.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability
Summary
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Ajit Bohra WP Query Console wp-query-console allows Code Injection.This issue affects WP Query Console: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Severity
10 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-28 12:12 UTC
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajit Bohra | WP Query Console |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.0
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| lubus | wp_querey_table |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.0
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:lubus:wp_querey_table:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2026-04-01 16:28
Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: cecbba54-6638-45f9-8ba9-b54ec4e123ae
Exploited: Yes
Characteristics
Severity:
100.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-06-08
Asserted: 2025-06-08
Last Seen: 2026-07-20
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: Wordpress / Wordpress WP Query Console plugin | Class: cms | Severity: Critical (CVSS 10) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: no | Honeypot connections on 2026-07-20: 1
Evidence
Type: Honeypot
Signal: In The Wild Attempts
Confidence: 70%
Source: shadowserver
Details
| 1D | 1 |
|---|---|
| Iot | no |
| Feed | Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities |
| Type | http-scan |
| Class | cms |
| 7D Avg | 0 |
| Vendor | Wordpress |
| 30D Avg | 1 |
| 90D Avg | 2 |
| Product | Wordpress WP Query Console plugin |
| Cisa Kev | no |
| Connections | 1 |
| Observation Date | 2026-07-20 |
| Vulnerability Class | CVSS |
| Vulnerability Score | 10 |
| Vulnerability Severity | Critical |
References
Created: 2026-06-30 09:22 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-22 01:00 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 145e07b9-dc90-4fa1-9f4e-0fe88774ccd9
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-06-26
Asserted: 2025-06-26
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: WordPress WP Query Console plugin <= 1.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability | Affected: Ajit Bohra / WP Query Console | CVSS: 10.0 (CRITICAL) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | WordPress WP Query Console plugin <= 1.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability |
| Vendor | Ajit Bohra |
| Product | WP Query Console |
| Added Date | 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 10.0 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | CRITICAL |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | True |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:03 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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