Responsive <= 5.0.2 - Missing Authorization to HTML Injection

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-2848
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-03-29 11:15:45 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 19:21:13 UTC
DescriptionThe Responsive theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_footer_text_callback function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML content into the site's footer.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.003320000 probability, percentile 0.561360000 (date 2026-04-12)

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Cyberchimps Responsive affected 5.0.2 semver Not specified
ADP Cyberchimps Responsive affected 5.0.2 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dbe0cc57-a17d-4f91-887f-fe819... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com
themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 themes.trac.wordpress.org
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/22/1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Muhammad Zeeshan (en)

CNA: Krzysztof Zając (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-03-28T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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