CVE-2024-5468

WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl <= 1.3.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Site Options Deletion

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

The WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized site option deletion due to a missing validation and capability checks on the stm_hb_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary options that can be used to perform a denial of service attack on a site.

El complemento WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl para WordPress es vulnerable a la eliminación no autorizada de opciones de sitio debido a una falta de validación y comprobaciones de capacidad en la función stm_hb_delete() en todas las versiones hasta la 1.3.7 incluida. Esto hace posible que atacantes no autenticados eliminen opciones arbitrarias que pueden usarse para realizar un ataque de denegación de servicio en un sitio.

*Credits: Lucio Sá

CVSS Scores

Wordfencev3.1 6.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-05-29 CVE Reserved
2024-06-11 CVE Published
2024-06-13 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pearl-header-builder/tags/1.3.7/includes/helpers.php#L304
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2e770e0-1a39-4946-838b-4fd1f1dea1c8?source=cve

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Stylemix Search vendor "Stylemix"		WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl Search vendor "Stylemix" for product "WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl"				<= 1.3.7 Search vendor "Stylemix" for product "WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl" and version " <= 1.3.7"		en		Affected