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CVE-2024-5987: WP Accessibility Helper <= 0.6.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Settings Update

• 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: 2024-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_contrast_variations' and 'save_empty_contrast_variations' functions in all versions up to, and including, 0.6.2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit or delete contrast settings. Please note these issues were patched in 0.6.2.8, though it broke functionality and the vendor has not responded to our follow-ups.

Affected products

• Alex Volkov WP Accessibility Helper (WAH): before 0.6.2.9 — fixed in 0.6.2.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Alex Volkov WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) 0.6.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3117664%40wp-accessibility-helper&new=3117664%40wp-accessibility-helper&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3beee75-0480-4504-a177-45f8cd32cf36?source=cve

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