Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin <= 1.5.0 — Missing Authorization via hide_notice()
CVE-2024-38774Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.5.0Update to 1.5.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin sg-security
- Affected≤ 1.5.0
- Patched in1.5.1
Update to 1.5.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5.0. Version 1.5.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.5.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the hide_notice() function in versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to dismiss notices.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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