CVE-2024-54239 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-54239: WordPress Eyewear prescription form plugin <= 4.0.18 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Vendor Dugudlabs

Product Eyewear prescription form

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published December 13, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in dugudlabs Eyewear prescription form eyewear-prescription-form allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Eyewear prescription form: from n/a through <= 4.0.18.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Eyewear prescription form through version 4.0.18 lacks authorization checks on sensitive operations. An unauthenticated attacker can read, modify, or delete prescription data and other records without any credentials. This affects all installations unless patched.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read, modify, or delete prescription records and other data without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Patient prescription data and other records can be accessed, altered, or destroyed by anyone on the internet.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the form; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 13, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54239 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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