CVE-2024-1716

Published: May 2, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

4.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Admin Bar Remover plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_form() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enable or disable the admin bar on the front-end of the site.

Related CWEs

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (6)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-bar/trunk/Inc/Classes/AdminBarRemover.php#L81

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2955636/admin-bar/trunk

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dfbf2556-0509-4d8a-8949-494c6bc82ea1?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-bar/trunk/Inc/Classes/AdminBarRemover.php#L81

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2955636/admin-bar/trunk

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dfbf2556-0509-4d8a-8949-494c6bc82ea1?source=cve

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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