Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13639

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.3

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor: edmonparker

Product: Read More & Accordion

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 24.66% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65849267-8bb5-48fd-b95e-e89a1e744fe0?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/files/ReadMoreAdminPost.php#L98
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/files/ReadMoreAdminPost.php#L9
https://wordpress.org/plugins/expand-maker/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3239533/

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