# CVE-2024-1860: Missing authorization in Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan

> Unauthenticated attackers can add their IP to the whitelist, bypassing security protections in the Anti Hacker Scan WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 28 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w6wm-9q8x-p5h7

## What is CVE-2024-1860?

CVE-2024-1860 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sminozzi Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan, published on 28 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the antihacker_add_whitelist() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.51. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add their IP Address to the whitelist circumventing protection

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1860?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Billminozzi Anti Hacker.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1860?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in sminozzi Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan

- [CVE-2023-50858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50858/): WordPress Anti Hacker Plugin <= 4.34 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-1861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1861/): Missing authorization in Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1860 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1860 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sminozzi Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan, published on 28 Feb 2024. 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-2024-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: sminozzi Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan. 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-2024-1860/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1860/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1860
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1860
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1860

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1860/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.