Unauthorized Option Deletion Vulnerability in Pearl's Header Builder Plugin Could Lead to Denial of Service Attacks

CVE-2024-5468

What is CVE-2024-5468?

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.

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