Vulnerability CVE-2024-6120
Published: 2024-06-22

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:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f411d17-5b0d-4a4a-afa8-7efebf6965f2?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L446
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L469
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L497
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L519
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L595
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L570
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L627
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L541
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