CVE-2024-8430 (GCVE-0-2024-8430)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-01 08:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:31
VLAI?
Title
Spice Starter Sites <= 1.2.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Demo Content Import
Summary
The Spice Starter Sites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the spice_starter_sites_importer_creater function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to import demo content.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
spicethemes Spice Starter Sites Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.5 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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