vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: media-hygiene: CVE-2024-5855: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 8, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 8, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
Description
The Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the bulk_action_delete and delete_single_image_call AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary attachments. A nonce check was added in version 3.0.1, however, it wasn't until version 3.0.2 that a capability check was added.
Solution
media-hygiene-plugin-cve-2024-5855
References
Rapid7 Labs
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