# CVE-2024-9989

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-9989
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-288
- **Published:** Oct 29, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Apr 9, 2026

## Description

The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.15. This is due a to limited arbitrary method call to 'crypto_connect_ajax_process::log_in' function in the 'crypto_connect_ajax_process' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the username.

## Affected Products

- odude — Crypto Tool (*)
- odude — Crypto Tool (0)

## References

- [CNA](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e21bd924-1d96-4371-972a-5c99d67261cc?source=cve)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L33)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L138)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3189945/crypto#file3)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 7.11%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 93.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._