CVE-2024-13639 (GCVE-0-2024-13639)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-13 08:21 – Updated: 2025-02-13 14:37
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Summary
The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the expmDeleteData() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary 'read more' posts.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
edmonparker Read More & Accordion Affected: * , ≤ 3.4.2 (semver)
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Credits
Youcef Hamdani
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