Check Point Advisories

WordPress PostX Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2024-10728)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2024-2176
Date Published: 30 Sep 2025
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 30 September, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2024-10728
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress PostX plugin 4.1.16 and prior
Vulnerability Description An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in WordPress PostX plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access into the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress PostX Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2024-10728) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress PostX Plugin Authentication Bypass (CVE-2024-10728)

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