CVE-2024-13423

Medium

Description

The Sparkling theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin activation/deactivation due to a missing capability check on the 'sparkling_activate_plugin' and 'sparkling_deactivate_plugin' functions in versions up to, and including, 2.4.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate/deactivate arbitrary plugins.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductSparkling
PublishedMar 5, 2025
First seenMar 5, 2025

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
silkalns Sparklingv ≤ 2.4.9—

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