CVE-2024-28003
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Megamenu Max Mega Menu.This issue affects Max Mega Menu: from n/a through 3.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in Max Mega Menu WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or low-privileged users to potentially access or modify menu configurations without proper capability checks. The specific affected code paths and endpoints are not detailed in the available information.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Max Mega Menu plugin is installedCheck WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the directory wp-content/plugins/megamenu/ for the plugin filesAffected if The Max Mega Menu plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed Max Mega Menu versionIn WordPress admin, view plugin details to see the version number, or open the main plugin file (e.g., megamenu.php) and read the 'Version' header in the plugin commentsAffected if The installed version is lower than 3.3 (the fixed version)
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Inspect WordPress user roles with menu-related accessReview users in WordPress admin, checking which roles exist and whether any low-privileged roles (e.g., Subscriber, Contributor, Editor) have been granted menu-related capabilitiesAffected if Low-privileged users have capabilities beyond their standard role that could allow menu configuration changes
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Audit recent menu configuration changesReview WordPress revision history for menu customizer saves, check any available plugin activity logs, or examine the wp_options table for recent changes to megamenu-related settingsAffected if Menu configurations were modified by users who should not have had permission to make such changes
The environment is affected if Max Mega Menu plugin versions below 3.3 are installed, regardless of whether any unauthorized access has yet occurred, since the missing authorization allows any low-privileged or unauthenticated user to potentially modify menu configurations.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Max Mega Menu to the latest version (3.3+). If update is not possible, review the plugin's admin AJAX handlers and menu save functions to add proper capability checks (e.g., current_user_can('manage_options')) before performing privileged actions.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-28003 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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