# CVE-2024-13654: Missing authorization in ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme

> Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary site options due to missing authorization checks, potentially causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **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-gvc6-5w8m-9mrj

## What is CVE-2024-13654?

CVE-2024-13654 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MVPThemes ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to a denial of service due to a missing capability check on the 'reset_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary option values on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to delete an option that would create an error on the site and deny service to legitimate users.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13654?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mvpthemes Zoxpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13654?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13654 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in MVPThemes ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme

- [CVE-2024-13653](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13653/): Missing authorization in ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13654 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13654 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MVPThemes ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme, 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-2024-13654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MVPThemes ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme. 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-2024-13654/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13654/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13654
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13654
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13654

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13654/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.