CVE-2024-13780

Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion

2025-03-04 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin
Affected Version: <= 1.16.5
CVSS: 6.5Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2024-13780

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At a glance

CVE-2024-13780 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.16.5. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed March 2025, reported by Lucio Sá.

Vulnerability Overview

The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the hmenu_delete_menu() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary directories on the server.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on availability.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 carries this weakness at hmenu_delete_menu(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin yet, so installs running <= 1.16.5 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13780 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17872fe4-b566-44ca-8218-3677fb75cb1c https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13780

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CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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