# CVE-2024-1693: SP Project & Document Manager <= 4.70 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Folder Name Update

> Authenticated subscribers can modify arbitrary folder names in the SP Project & Document Manager plugin due to missing capability checks.

- **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:** 9 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3fx2-9cxr-pgrx

## What is CVE-2024-1693?

CVE-2024-1693 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smartypants SP Project & Document Manager, published on 9 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SP Project & Document Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the cdm_save_category AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.70. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary folder name that do not belong to them.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1693?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-1693?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1693 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1693 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1693 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1693 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smartypants SP Project & Document Manager, published on 9 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1693 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: smartypants SP Project & Document Manager. 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-2024-1693/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1693/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1693
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1693
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1693

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1693/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.