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CVE-2024-8434: Easy Mega Menu Plugin for WordPress – ThemeHunk <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Updates

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2024-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Easy Mega Menu Plugin for WordPress – ThemeHunk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via AJAX in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform actions like updating plugin settings.

Affected products

• themehunk Easy Mega Menu for WordPress – ThemeHunk: before 1.1.0 — fixed in 1.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: themehunk Easy Mega Menu for WordPress – ThemeHunk 1.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-base.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-nav-menu-settings.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-setting.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-widgets.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be3869a9-f72d-4bbb-ba51-d2761ca761f2?source=cve

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