# CVE-2024-13374: Missing authorization in WP Table Manager

> Authenticated subscribers can exploit missing authorization to disclose arbitrary file names and directories via AJAX actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qcqc-5v7p-hrxv

## What is CVE-2024-13374?

CVE-2024-13374 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in JoomUnited WP Table Manager, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Table Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on thewptm_getFolders AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read arbitrary file names and directories.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13374?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Joomunited Wp Table Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13374?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13374 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13374 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in JoomUnited WP Table Manager

- [CVE-2022-47602](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47602/): WordPress WP Table Manager Plugin <= 3.5.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13374 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13374 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in JoomUnited WP Table Manager, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: JoomUnited WP Table Manager. 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-2024-13374/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13374/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13374
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13374
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13374

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13374/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.