What is CVE-2024-5449?

CVE-2024-5449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wppool Wp Dark Mode, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-5449?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Wppool Wp Dark Mode

CVE-2024-5449

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (27.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wppool Wp_dark_mode
Wppool Wp Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility With Ai Powered Theme — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5449?: CVE-2024-5449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wppool Wp Dark Mode, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-5449?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.