PT-2025-9826 · WordPress · Sparkling

Michael Mazzolini · Published 2025-03-05 · Updated 2025-03-06 · CVE-2024-13423

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sparkling theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.4.9

Description The issue allows unauthorized plugin activation and deactivation due to a missing capability check on the sparkling activate plugin and sparkling deactivate plugin functions. This enables unauthenticated attackers to activate or deactivate arbitrary plugins.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.4.9, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent unauthorized plugin activation and deactivation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the sparkling activate plugin and sparkling deactivate plugin functions until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13423

Affected Products

Sparkling

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13423 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fa8dba0-0227-428d-a6de-c4247c40e481?source=cve · Note
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkling/2.4.9/inc/welcome-screen/class-sparkling-welcome.php#L82 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1897506927946379440 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113552 · Telegram Post
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkling/2.4.9/inc/welcome-screen/class-sparkling-welcome.php#L69 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1897357039552110783 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19632 · Telegram Post