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CVE-2024-5489: Wbcom Designs - Custom Font Uploader <= 2.3.4 - Missing Authorization to Font Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Wbcom Designs – Custom Font Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'cfu_delete_customfont' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete any custom font.

Affected products

• wbcomdesigns Wbcom Designs – Custom Font Uploader: before 2.4.0 — fixed in 2.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wbcomdesigns Wbcom Designs – Custom Font Uploader 2.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-font-uploader/trunk/inc/cfup-functions.php#L20
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097373/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2339ebbf-2302-4e83-9743-ca79fda20f05?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-font-uploader/trunk/inc/cfup-functions.php#L20
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097373/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2339ebbf-2302-4e83-9743-ca79fda20f05?source=cve

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