CVE-2024-13655 Missing authorization in Flex Mag - Responsive WordPress News Theme
Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary site options, potentially causing denial of service due to missing capability checks.
- 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-2024-13655?
CVE-2024-13655 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in MVPThemes Flex Mag - Responsive WordPress News Theme, published on 7 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Flex Mag - Responsive 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 propanel_of_ajax_callback() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2. 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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13655?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13655?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13655 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-2024-13655 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13655 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fqx4-gh4h-f8q5.