CVE-2024-13529 SocialV - Social Network and Community BuddyPress Theme <= 2.0.15 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary File Download
Authenticated attackers can download arbitrary files from the server due to missing capability checks in the SocialV WordPress theme.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13529?
CVE-2024-13529 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in iqonicdesign SocialV - Social Network and Community BuddyPress Theme, published on 4 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SocialV - Social Network and Community BuddyPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'socialv_send_download_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to download arbitrary files from the target system.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13529?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13529?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13529 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-13529 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13529 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v3mj-5xw5-4r6m.