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themedropbox Themes <= Various Versions — Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal

CVE-2024-37496Published Jul 4, 2024 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Construction Landing Page: Affected: ≤1.3.5Update to 1.3.6 or newer

Metro Magazine: Affected: ≤1.3.7Update to 1.3.8 or newer

Bakes And Cakes: Affected: ≤1.2.6Update to 1.2.7 or newer

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Medium4.3CVSS 3.14.3CISA KEVNot listedAccessLow-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)

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Overview

Advisory ID: CVE-2024-37496
Product: Construction Landing Page construction-landing-page
Affected: Construction Landing Page: ≤1.3.5
Metro Magazine: ≤1.3.7
Bakes And Cakes: ≤1.2.6
Fixed in: 1.3.6 · 1.3.8 · 1.2.7
Weakness: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access: Low-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)
Published: Jul 4, 2024 · updated Nov 13, 2026
Credit: Dhabaleshwar Das
Source: Wordfence Intelligence

Affected≤ 1.3.5
Patched in1.3.6

Affected≤ 1.3.7
Patched in1.3.8

Affected≤ 1.2.6
Patched in1.2.7

4.3

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

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

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:L Attack complexity: Low
PR:L Privileges required: Low
UI:N User interaction: None
S:U Scope: Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality: None
I:L Integrity: Low
A:N Availability: None

Multiple themes for WordPress by themedropbox are vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on variations of the _update_admin_notice function in various versions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss admin notices.

CVE-2024-37508 should be a part of this CVE.

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Remediation & mitigations

Update to version 1.3.6, or a newer patched version
Update to version 1.3.8, or a newer patched version
Update to version 1.2.7, or a newer patched version
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.

References & provenance

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Related CVEs

All 3 in Construction Landing Page

Timeline

Jul 4, 2024
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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