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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-13780
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published March 4, 2025
Last Updated March 5, 2025
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hmenu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.16.5
Patched Version
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