What is CVE-2024-13423?

CVE-2024-13423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silkalns Sparkling, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-13423?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-13423 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Silkalns Sparkling

CVE-2024-13423

The Sparkling theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin activation/deactivation due to a missing capability check on the 'sparkling_activate_plugin' and 'sparkling_deactivate_plugin' functions in versions up to, and including, 2.4.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate/deactivate arbitrary plugins.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.004 (28.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Silkalns Sparkling — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13423?: CVE-2024-13423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silkalns Sparkling, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-13423?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-13423 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.