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CVE-2024-2848: Responsive <= 5.0.2 - Missing Authorization to HTML Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Responsive theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_footer_text_callback function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML content into the site's footer.

Affected products

• cyberchimps Responsive: through 5.0.2

References

• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=222494%40responsive&new=222494%40responsive&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dbe0cc57-a17d-4f91-887f-fe819b32f6b3?source=cve
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/22/1
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=222494%40responsive&new=222494%40responsive&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dbe0cc57-a17d-4f91-887f-fe819b32f6b3?source=cve

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