Vulnerability · Published Jun 21, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-1955Hide Dashboard Notifications <= 1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Contributor+) Plugin Settings Modification
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Hide Dashboard Notifications from wprepublic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'warning_notices_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to modify the plugin's settings.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wprepublic | Hide Dashboard Notifications | 0 – through 1.3 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4655236-7dfe-40ae-9d0c-6eacc59af13d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-hide-backed-notices/tags/1.3/admin/class-wp-hide-backed-notices-admin.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3104675%40wp-hide-backed-notices&new=3104675%40wp-hide-backed-notices&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=