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CVE-2024-39619· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Patchstack

WordPress ListingPro plugin <= 2.9.4 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)

  • 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: 0.55% (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.
  • Fixed version: CridioStudio ListingPro 2.9.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to CridioStudio ListingPro 2.9.5 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

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro listingpro-plugin allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects ListingPro: from n/a through <= 2.9.4.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 1, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 45th percentile

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Action score

39

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.8
CNA · Patchstack
9.0
0.8 point gap

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

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

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
cridiolistingpro

Affected versions

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

  • cridio listingprobefore 2.9.5

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.

  • CridioStudio ListingPro

    • up to and including 2.9.4affectedfixed in 2.9.5

Same product

cridio: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-36719ListingPro - WordPress Directory & Listing Theme < 2.6.1 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation, Activation and Deactivation
    40Plan
  • CVE-2024-39622WordPress ListingPro theme <= 2.9.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-38795WordPress ListingPro plugin <= 2.9.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-19542Dec 26, 2019 · The ListingPro theme before v2.0.14.2 for WordPress has Persistent XSS via the Good For field on the new listing submit page.
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-36723Jun 6, 2023 · ListingPro - WordPress Directory & Listing Theme < 2.6.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-39621Aug 1, 2024 · WordPress ListingPro plugin <= 2.9.4 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
    28Monitor

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
CridioStudio ListingPro2.9.5Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-396240 days apartWordPress ListingPro theme <= 2.9.4 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-396210 days apartWordPress ListingPro plugin <= 2.9.4 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

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
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

ts
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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

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