# CVE-2024-10866: Export Import Menus <= 1.9.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Menu Export

> Unauthenticated attackers can export menu data and settings due to a missing capability check in the Export Import Menus WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cmpf-vgq7-7pcm

## What is CVE-2024-10866?

CVE-2024-10866 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in akshay-menariya Export Import Menus, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Export Import Menus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the dsp_export_import_menus() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export menu data and settings.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10866?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-10866?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10866 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10866 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10866 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in akshay-menariya Export Import Menus, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: akshay-menariya Export Import Menus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10866/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10866/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10866
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10866
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10866

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10866/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.