CVE-2024-52485
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 Yudiz Solutions Ltd. WP Menu Image wp-menu-image allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Menu Image: from n/a through <= 2.2.
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 confidenceThe WP Menu Image WordPress plugin has a missing authorization (broken access control) vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass intended access control security levels. This could enable unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access functionality that should be restricted to authorized administrators.
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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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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Confirm WP Menu Image plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins, or inspect wp-content/plugins/ directory for the menu-image folderAffected if The plugin folder menu-image exists and the plugin is active
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (menu-image.php) in wp-content/plugins/menu-image/ and locate the Version header in the plugin comment block, or query via wp-cli: wp plugin get menu-imageAffected if Version is unknown or older than the patched version (once published)
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Check for unauthenticated access pointsInspect the plugin's PHP files for AJAX actions registered with add_action('wp_ajax_...) or add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_...) and look for privileged operations (settings changes, menu modifications) without current_user_can() checksAffected if AJAX endpoints accessible to unauthenticated users (wp_ajax_nopriv_) perform administrative functions without capability verification
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Review nonce verification on admin actionsSearch plugin PHP files for form submissions and API calls handling menu items, looking for missing wp_nonce_field() or check_admin_referer() calls before executing sensitive operationsAffected if Sensitive plugin functions (updating menu images, modifying settings) execute without nonce validation or capability checks
If the plugin is active and its version lacks the authorization fix, unauthenticated or low-privilege users can potentially trigger admin functions due to missing capability checks on AJAX actions or admin endpoints.
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 to the latest patched version of WP Menu Image once available, or implement supplemental access control enforcement at the application level to ensure proper authorization checks are performed before executing privileged operations.
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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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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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