Sparkle Demo Importer <= 1.4.7 - Missing Authorization to Authorized(Subscriber+) Post/Pages/Attachements Deletion and Demo Data Import

6.5
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-6120
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 21, 2024
Last Updated June 21, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá

Description

The Sparkle Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized database reset and demo data import due to a missing capability check on the multiple functions in all versions up to and including 1.4.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete all posts, pages, and uploaded files, as well as download and install a limited set of demo plugins.

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Vulnerability Details for Sparkle Demo Importer

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug sparkle-demo-importer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.4.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.7
Patched Version
  • 1.4.8

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