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CVE-2024-5459

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized creation of data due to a missing capability check on 'add_section', 'add_menu', 'add_menu_item', and 'add_menu_page' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create menu sections, menus, food items, and new menu pages.

How to fix

Remediation Available
five star restaurant menuNVD
Affected:< 2.4.17Fixed in:2.4.17CVE-2024-5459derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days
29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

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