# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p826-3x73-p9j2

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5449?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2024-5449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wppool WP Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme

- [CVE-2022-4714](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4714/): WP Dark Mode < 4.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS in Shortcode (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-0467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0467/): WP Dark Mode < 4.0.8 - Subscriber+ Local File Inclusion (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5449 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wppool WP Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme. 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-2024-5449/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5449/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5449
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5449
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5449

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5449/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.