CVE-2024-5449
WP Dark Mode – WordPress Dark Mode Plugin for Improved Accessibility, Dark Theme, Night Mode, and Social Sharing <= 5.0.4 - Missing Authorization
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Jun 6, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- May 28, 2024
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Themewppool |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7d20733-d61b-4b2f-8597-528644f0bc26?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dark-mode/trunk/includes/modules/social-share/class-social-share.php#L581
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096290/wp-dark-mode/trunk?contextall=1&old=3073245&old_path=%2Fwp-dark-mode%2Ftrunk
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