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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-6120
CVSS Medium (6.5)
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug sparkle-demo-importer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.7
Patched Version
  • 1.4.8
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