CVE-2024-2848 (GCVE-0-2024-2848)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-29 11:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:27
VLAI
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cyberchimps Responsive Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.0.2 (semver)
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cyberchimps responsive Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.0.2 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:cyberchimps:responsive:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
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Credits
Muhammad Zeeshan Krzysztof Zając
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