CVE-2024-1716 Admin Bar Remover <= 1.0.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify admin bar settings due to missing capability checks in the Admin Bar Remover WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1716?
CVE-2024-1716 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in litonice13 Admin Bar Editor – Toolbar Customization with User Role based access & Custom menus, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Admin Bar Remover plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_form() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enable or disable the admin bar on the front-end of the site.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1716?
How do I fix CVE-2024-1716?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-1716 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1716 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4p6f-vcv4-9hrh.