CVE-2024-2848 (GCVE-0-2024-2848)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-29 11:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Responsive <= 5.0.2 - Missing Authorization to HTML Injection
Summary
The Responsive theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_footer_text_callback function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML content into the site's footer.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-29 16:20 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cyberchimps | Responsive |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.0.2
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| cyberchimps | responsive |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.0.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:cyberchimps:responsive:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
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