# CVE-2024-2962: Networker - Tech News WordPress Theme with Dark Mode <= 1.1.9 - Missing Authorization

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify display menu locations due to a missing capability check in the Networker WordPress theme.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 27 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q37f-2gq9-jv2x

## What is CVE-2024-2962?

CVE-2024-2962 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in codesupplyco Networker - Tech News WordPress Theme with Dark Mode, published on 27 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Networker - Tech News WordPress Theme with Dark Mode theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the admin_reload_nav_menu() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the location of display menus.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2962?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-2962?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2962 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2962 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2962 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2962 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2962 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in codesupplyco Networker - Tech News WordPress Theme with Dark Mode, published on 27 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2962 exists.

Affected product: codesupplyco Networker - Tech News WordPress Theme with Dark Mode. 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-2024-2962/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2962/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2962
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2962
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2962

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2962/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.