CVE-2024-3238 HIGH

CVE-2024-3238: WordPress Menu Plugin — Superfly Responsive Menu <= 5.0.29 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion

Vendor Looks_Awesome
Product WordPress Menu Plugin — Superfly Responsive Menu
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published August 2, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The WordPress Menu Plugin — Superfly Responsive Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.29. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_handle_delete_icons() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Please not the CSRF was patched in 5.0.28, however, adequate directory traversal protection wasn't introduced until 5.0.30.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 2, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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