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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2024-13780 EUVD-2024-53993GHSA-qmp5-2j86-r93w

Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Published Mar 5, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the hmenu_delete_menu() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary directories on the server.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
heroplugins Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin ≤ 1.16.5 —

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