Subscriber-level site reset via unchecked AJAX handlers
Published Jun 21, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in Sparkle Themes Sparkle Demo Importer 1.4.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to reset site data. Multiple AJAX handlers in sparkle-demo-importer.php accept logged-in requests without checking a user capability before invoking database-reset and demo-import routines. Subscriber-level access is sufficient to delete posts, pages, and uploads or install plugins from the limited demo set.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Sparkle Themes Sparkle Demo Importer 1.4.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to reset site data. Multiple AJAX handlers in sparkle-demo-importer.php accept logged-in requests without checking a user capability before invoking database-reset and demo-import routines. Subscriber-level access is sufficient to delete posts, pages, and uploads or install plugins from the limited demo set.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6120
- Published
- Jun 21, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Sparkle Themes
- Product
- Sparkle Demo Importer
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.4.7
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