🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-5468

MEDIUM 6.5

WordPress Header Builder Plugin – Pearl <= 1.3.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Site Options Deletion

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor stylemix
Product pearl – header builder
Published Jun 12, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

stylemix / Pearl – Header Builder
0 ≤ 1.3.7

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2e770e0-1a39-4946-838b-4fd1f1dea1c8?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pearl-header-builder/tags/1.3.7/includes/helpers.php#L304

Credits

Lucio Sá