CVE-2024-5449 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Dark Mode – WordPress Dark Mode Plugin for Improved Accessibility, Dark Theme, Night Mode, and Social Sharing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpdm_social_share_save_options function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wppool	Wp Dark Mode

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wppool:wp_dark_mode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-dark-mode/trunk/includes/modules/social-share/class-social-share.php#L581
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3096290/wp-dark-mode/trunk?contextall=1&old=3073245&old_path=%2Fwp-dark-mode%2Ftrunk
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7d20733-d61b-4b2f-8597-528644f0bc26?source=cve

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00202}`	epss `{'score': 0.00218}`

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00127}`	epss `{'score': 0.00202}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-06-06T03:32:54.926Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:11:12.773Z

Reserved: 2024-05-28T19:54:53.414Z

Link: CVE-2024-5449

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:11:12.773Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-06T04:15:14.720

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:47:42.400

Link: CVE-2024-5449

Redhat

No data.

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