CVE-2024-56272

WordPress Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce plugin <= 2.1.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

4.3 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ThemeSupport Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce hide-category-by-user-role-for-woocommerce.This issue affects Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 2.1.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.29%Up 0.3 points since Jan 8, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.3

WordPress Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce plugin <= 2.1.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-56272
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-53069 4.3

Record: EUVD-2024-53069
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2cjc-6xrh-7w5q 4.3

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ThemeSupport Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ThemeSupport Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce.This issue affects Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce: from n/a through 2.1.1.

Record: GHSA-2cjc-6xrh-7w5q
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.3

Record: CVE-2024-56272
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

themesupport hide category by user role for woocommerce

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-56272 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Themesupport Hide Category By User Role For Woocommerce, published January 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.