CVE-2024-1955 Hide Dashboard Notifications <= 1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Contributor+) Plugin Settings Modification
Authenticated contributors can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the Hide Dashboard Notifications 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-2024-1955?
CVE-2024-1955 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wprepublic Hide Dashboard Notifications, published on 21 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'warning_notices_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to modify the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1955?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wprepublic Hide Dashboard Notifications.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1955 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-2024-1955 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1955 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhww-7h5r-9h8q.