CVE-2024-13780CWE-862

Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Medium · published March 5, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the hmenu_delete_menu() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary directories on the server.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00344 · 26.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2025-03-05T09:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 MAR 09:21Z
    Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion
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