# CVE-2024-7380: Geo Controller <= 8.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Menu Creation/Deletion

> Authenticated subscribers can create or delete WordPress menus due to missing capability checks in the Geo Controller 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:** 5 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hffc-gcjh-mj4f

## What is CVE-2024-7380?

CVE-2024-7380 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in creativform Geo Controller, published on 5 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Geo Controller plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized menu creation/deletion due to missing capability checks on the ajax__geolocate_menu and ajax__geolocate_remove_menu functions in all versions up to, and including, 8.7.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create or delete WordPress menus.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7380?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Infinitumform Geo Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7380?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7380 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7380 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in creativform Geo Controller

- [CVE-2024-3591](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3591/): WordPress Geo Controller < 8.6.5 - PHP Object Injection (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-7381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7381/): Geo Controller <= 8.6.9 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Shortcode Execution (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7380 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7380 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in creativform Geo Controller, published on 5 Sep 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-2024-7380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: creativform Geo Controller. 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-2024-7380/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7380/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7380
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7380
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7380

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7380/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.