Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-5468

Description

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.

Affected products

WordPress/Pearl Header Builderinferred
Range: <=1.3.7
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/pearl-header-builder

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pearl-header-builder/tags/1.3.7/includes/helpers.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2e770e0-1a39-4946-838b-4fd1f1dea1c8nvd

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