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CVE-2024-1955: Hide Dashboard Notifications <= 1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Contributor+) Plugin Settings Modification

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Hide Dashboard Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'warning_notices_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to modify the plugin's settings.

Affected products

• wprepublic Hide Dashboard Notifications: before 1.3.1 — fixed in 1.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wprepublic Hide Dashboard Notifications 1.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-hide-backed-notices/tags/1.3/admin/class-wp-hide-backed-notices-admin.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3104675%40wp-hide-backed-notices&new=3104675%40wp-hide-backed-notices&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4655236-7dfe-40ae-9d0c-6eacc59af13d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-hide-backed-notices/tags/1.3/admin/class-wp-hide-backed-notices-admin.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3104675%40wp-hide-backed-notices&new=3104675%40wp-hide-backed-notices&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4655236-7dfe-40ae-9d0c-6eacc59af13d?source=cve

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