CVE-2024-43924 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-43924: WordPress Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin <= 2.4.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Dfactory

Product Responsive Lightbox

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published October 23, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in dFactory Responsive Lightbox allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Responsive Lightbox: from n/a through 2.4.7.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Responsive Lightbox through version 2.4.7 lacks proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial-of-service condition via network requests. The vulnerability does not require user interaction or special privileges. Site availability may be impacted if the plugin is actively exploited.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Make the site unavailable or unresponsive by sending repeated requests to the vulnerable component.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Your site may become slow or temporarily unavailable if an attacker exploits this vulnerability.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 23, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43924 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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