CVE-2024-5468
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/06/2024
Last modified:
15/04/2026
Description
The WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized site option deletion due to a missing validation and capability checks on the stm_hb_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary options that can be used to perform a denial of service attack on a site.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pearl-header-builder/tags/1.3.7/includes/helpers.php#L304
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2e770e0-1a39-4946-838b-4fd1f1dea1c8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pearl-header-builder/tags/1.3.7/includes/helpers.php#L304
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2e770e0-1a39-4946-838b-4fd1f1dea1c8?source=cve



