CVE-2024-5468 (GCVE-0-2024-5468)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-12 08:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:20
VLAI
Title
WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl <= 1.3.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Site Options Deletion
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
stylemix Pearl – Header Builder Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.7 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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