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CVE-2024-34434: WordPress MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin <= 1.3.3.2 - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution vulnerability

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.28% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: realmag777 WordPress Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter (MDTF) 1.3.3.3.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to realmag777 WordPress Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter (MDTF) 1.3.3.3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in realmag777 WordPress Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter (MDTF) allows Code Inclusion, Functionality Misuse.This issue affects WordPress Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter (MDTF): from n/a through 1.3.3.2.

Published
May 17, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 21th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.5
CNA · Patchstack
6.5
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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VendorProduct
pluginuswordpress meta data and taxonomies filter

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • realmag777 WordPress Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter (MDTF)

    • n/a and later · up to and including 1.3.3.2affectedfixed in 1.3.3.3

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • pluginus wordpress meta data and taxonomies filterbefore 1.3.3.3

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-50450WordPress MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin <= 1.3.3.4 - Bypass Vulnerability vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-8624MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter <= 1.3.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-32818WordPress MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin <= 1.3.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-29763Mar 27, 2024 · WordPress MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin <= 1.3.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    24Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-30457Mar 29, 2024 · WordPress MDTF plugin <= 1.3.3.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-8623Sep 23, 2024 · MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter <= 1.3.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
    29Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
realmag777 WordPress Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter (MDTF)1.3.3.3Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Credits

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National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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