CVE-2024-1955 (GCVE-0-2024-1955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-21 02:05 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:25
VLAI
Title
Hide Dashboard Notifications <= 1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Contributor+) Plugin Settings Modification
Summary
The Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'warning_notices_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to modify the plugin's settings.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wprepublic Hide Dashboard Notifications Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3 (semver)
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Credits
Francesco Carlucci
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