CVE-2024-31252 | WordPress Responsive Lightbox & Gallery plugin <= 2.4.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in dFactory Responsive Lightbox.This issue affects Responsive Lightbox: from n/a through 2.4.6.

Published: 2024-06-09 Last update: 2024-11-26 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-31252 is rated Low Risk (38.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-31252

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-29 0.30% 0.41% +0.11%
2 2025-07-18 0.35% 0.30% -0.05%
3 2025-05-21 0.35%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-31252

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-31252

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-31252

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dfactory responsive_lightbox_\&_gallery < 2.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:dfactory:responsive_lightbox_\&_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-31252

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