Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-1716

Description

The Admin Bar Remover plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the update_form() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enable or disable the admin bar on the front-end of the site.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-bar/trunk/Inc/Classes/AdminBarRemover.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2955636/admin-bar/trunknvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dfbf2556-0509-4d8a-8949-494c6bc82ea1nvd

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