CVE-2024-10098 | ApplyOnline – Application Form Builder and Manager < 2.6.3 - Unauthenticated Application File Access

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The ApplyOnline WordPress plugin before 2.6.3 does not protect uploaded files during the application process, allowing unauthenticated users to access them and any private information they contain

Published: 2025-05-15 Last update: 2025-06-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-10098 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-10098

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-10098

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-11 0.17% 0.27% +0.10%
2 2026-03-01 0.06% 0.17% +0.11%
3 2025-06-26 0.06%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-10098

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.7 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.2 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-10098

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-10098

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
spiderteams applyonline_-_application_form_builder_and_manager < 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:spiderteams:applyonline_-_application_form_builder_and_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-10098

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