CVE-2024-5459

Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering <= 2.4.16 - Missing Authorization to Menu Creation

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 5, 2024 at 12:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:15 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFive Star Restaurant MenuFive Star Restaurant Menu

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized creation of data due to a missing capability check on 'add_section', 'add_menu', 'add_menu_item', and 'add_menu_page' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create menu sections, menus, food items, and new menu pages.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.4.17
Affected range stops below 2.4.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 2.4.16

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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