What is CVE-2024-5855?

CVE-2024-5855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Slui Media Hygiene: Remove Or Delete Unused Images And More!, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-5855?

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

Is CVE-2024-5855 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Slui Media Hygiene: Remove Or Delete Unused Images And More!

CVE-2024-5855

The Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the bulk_action_delete and delete_single_image_call AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary attachments. A nonce check was added in version 3.0.1, however, it wasn't until version 3.0.2 that a capability check was added.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.004 (30.6th 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:N/A:L.

Affected products

Slui Media Hygiene: Remove Or Delete Unused Images And More! — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5855?: CVE-2024-5855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Slui Media Hygiene: Remove Or Delete Unused Images And More!, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-5855?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5855 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.