CVE-2024-3238 (GCVE-0-2024-3238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-02 06:41 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WordPress Menu Plugin — Superfly Responsive Menu <= 5.0.29 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion
Summary
The WordPress Menu Plugin — Superfly Responsive Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.29. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_handle_delete_icons() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Please not the CSRF was patched in 5.0.28, however, adequate directory traversal protection wasn't introduced until 5.0.30.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-02 16:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
Wordfence
CNA
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| looks_awesome | WordPress Menu Plugin — Superfly Responsive Menu |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.0.29
(semver)
|
|
| looks_awesome | superfly_responsive_menu |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.0.29
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:looks_awesome:superfly_responsive_menu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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