# CVE-2024-13316: Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests <= 2.8.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Coupon Creation

> Unauthenticated attackers can create coupons due to missing capability checks in the Scratch & Win WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j6hg-cv9r-qq8r

## What is CVE-2024-13316?

CVE-2024-13316 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in akashmalik Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits,  referrals, sales and more, published on 18 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits,  referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the apmswn_create_discount() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create coupons.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13316?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Akashmalik Scratch \& Win.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13316?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13316 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13316 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13316 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13316 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in akashmalik Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits,  referrals, sales and more, published on 18 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: akashmalik Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits,  referrals, sales and more. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13316/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13316/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13316
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13316
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13316

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13316/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.