# CVE-2024-13639: Missing authorization in Read More & Accordion

> Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary read more posts due to missing capability checks in the Read More & Accordion WordPress plugin.

- **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:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmqm-wjf2-4fv5

## What is CVE-2024-13639?

CVE-2024-13639 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in edmonparker Read More & Accordion, published on 13 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the expmDeleteData() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary 'read more' posts.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13639?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Edmonsoft Read More \& Accordion.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13639?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13639 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13639 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13639 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in edmonparker Read More & Accordion

- [CVE-2023-3392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3392/): Read More & Accordion < 3.2.7 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13639 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13639 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in edmonparker Read More & Accordion, published on 13 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-2024-13639 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: edmonparker Read More & Accordion. 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-2024-13639/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13639/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13639
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13639
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13639

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13639/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.