# CVE-2024-13769: Cross-site scripting in Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL

> Authenticated subscribers can inject malicious scripts via missing authorization checks in this discontinued WordPress theme, requiring replacement.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/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:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g4wv-wr7g-fq7q

## What is CVE-2024-13769?

CVE-2024-13769 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ThemeREX Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to a missing capability check on the 'theme_options_ajax_post_action' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings and inject malicious web scripts. The developer opted to remove the software from the repository, so an update is not available and it is recommended to find a replacement software.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13769?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themerex Puzzles.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13769?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13769 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13769 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13769 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ThemeREX Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL

- [CVE-2024-13770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13770/): Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL <= 4.2.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-0837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0837/): Puzzles <= 4.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13769 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13769 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ThemeREX Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL, 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-2024-13769 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ThemeREX Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL. 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-2024-13769/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13769/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13769
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13769
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13769

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