CVE-2024-2508: WP Mobile Menu <= 2.8.4.4 - Missing Authorization to _mobmenu_icon Post Meta Modification

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Mobile Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_menu_item_icon function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.4.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add the '_mobmenu_icon' post meta to arbitrary posts with an arbitrary (but sanitized) value. NOTE: Version 2.8.4.4 contains a partial fix for this vulnerability.

Affected products

Freshlight Wp Mobile Menu: through 2.8.4.4

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fmobile-menu%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fclass-wp-mobile-menu-core.php&old=3125561&new_path=%2Fmobile-menu%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fclass-wp-mobile-menu-core.php&new=3125561&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3cd9569f-3cda-4482-8ccd-c3f362b4e651?source=cve

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