# CVE-2024-13420: Smart Framework <= Multiple Plugins - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Updates

> Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks in Smart Framework plugins.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 2 May 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98r7-98px-p4mx

## What is CVE-2024-13420?

CVE-2024-13420 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in G5Theme April Framework, published on 2 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple plugins and/or themes for WordPress are vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions like 'gsf_reset_section_options', 'gsf_reset_section_options', 'gsf_create_preset_options' and more in various versions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset and modify some of the plugin/theme settings. This issue was escalated to Envato over two months from the date of this disclosure and the issues, while partially patched, are still vulnerable.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13420?

It affects 4 products.


Products: G5plus April, G5plus Auteur, G5plus Benaa, G5plus Beyot.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13420?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13420 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13420 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in G5Theme April Framework

- [CVE-2024-13418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13418/): Smart Framework <= Multiple Plugins - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-13419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13419/): Smart Framework <= Multiple Plugins - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13420 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13420 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in G5Theme April Framework, published on 2 May 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-2024-13420 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: G5Theme April Framework. 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-2024-13420/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13420/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13420
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13420
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13420

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13420/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.