GHSA-hcmf-56qp-ghh2MediumCVSS 6.5
The Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the downgrade_jquery_version() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.1. This is due to the function only verifying a nonce without checking user capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to downgrade the site-wide jQuery version from 3.7.1 to the legacy 1.12.4-wp release, which has knowns security vulnerabilities.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3279
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-jquery-migrate-helper/tags/1.4.1/class-jquery-migrate-helper.php#L225
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-jquery-migrate-helper/tags/1.4.1/class-jquery-migrate-helper.php#L256
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-jquery-migrate-helper/trunk/class-jquery-migrate-helper.php#L225
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-jquery-migrate-helper/trunk/class-jquery-migrate-helper.php#L256
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a74d5f4-1dd8-4d49-b4ce-8ba7ac9cbcc7?source=cve
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcmf-56qp-ghh2