CVE-2024-5468: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in stylemix WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl
The WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized site option deletion due to a missing validation and capability checks on the stm_hb_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary options that can be used to perform a denial of service attack on a site.
CVE-2024-5468: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in stylemix WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl
Description
The WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized site option deletion due to a missing validation and capability checks on the stm_hb_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary options that can be used to perform a denial of service attack on a site.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-05-29T12:28:42.067Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6be8b7ef31ef0b55c037
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:38:48 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 7:59:54 AM
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