Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1955

CVE-2024-1955:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability (CVE-2024-1955) discovered in versions up to and including 1.3. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on the 'warningnoticessettings' function, which was disclosed on June 20, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a missing authorization issue (CWE-862) that affects the plugin's settings modification functionality. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating a network-accessible vulnerability with low attack complexity requiring low privileges and no user interaction (Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to modify the plugin's settings without proper authorization. This could lead to unauthorized modification of dashboard notification settings, potentially affecting the visibility of important system notifications (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 1.3.1 or later of the Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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