vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: pearl-header-builder: CVE-2024-5468: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Jun 11, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 11, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized site option deletion due to a missing validation and capability checks on the stm_hb_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary options that can be used to perform a denial of service attack on a site.
Solution
pearl-header-builder-plugin-cve-2024-5468
References
Rapid7 Labs
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