Missing authorization in themehunk Easy Mega Menu for WordPress – ThemeHunk
Priority LOW 20CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Easy Mega Menu Plugin for WordPress – ThemeHunk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions hooked via AJAX in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform actions like updating plugin settings.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00351 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8434
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-564c-h2vx-x449
References
Patch 4
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-base.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-setting.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-nav-menu-settings.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3156084/themehunk-megamenu-plus/tags/1.1.0/inc/megamenu-widgets.php
More themehunk Mega Menu vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-22260 WordPress ThemeHunk plugin <= 1.2.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2024-8434 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8434 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-564c-h2vx-x449 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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