PT-2024-18449 · WordPress · Hide Dashboard Notifications

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-06-20 · Updated 2024-07-17 · CVE-2024-1955

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3

Description The issue is related to a missing capability check on the warning notices settings function, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor access and above to modify the plugin's settings. This enables unauthorized modification of data.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.3, update the plugin to a version that includes the necessary capability check to prevent unauthorized modification of settings. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the warning notices settings function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1955

Affected Products

Hide Dashboard Notifications

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1955 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1955 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/83956 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1803994449002770544 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-hide-backed-notices/tags/1.3/admin/class-wp-hide-backed-notices-admin.php · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/86454 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/linuxpatch/status/1803987967507067299 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4655236-7dfe-40ae-9d0c-6eacc59af13d?source=cve · Note
• 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= · Note