CVE-2024-5449 Missing authorization in WP Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme
Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the WP Dark Mode 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-2024-5449?
CVE-2024-5449 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wppool WP Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme, published on 6 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Dark Mode – WordPress Dark Mode Plugin for Improved Accessibility, Dark Theme, Night Mode, and Social Sharing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpdm_social_share_save_options function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5449?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wppool Wp Dark Mode.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5449 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-2024-5449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-p826-3x73-p9j2.