# CVE-2024-6120: Missing authorization in Sparkle Demo Importer

> Authenticated subscribers can delete site content and install demo plugins due to missing capability checks in the Sparkle Demo Importer plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:** 21 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gjp6-cpfp-vxjm

## What is CVE-2024-6120?

CVE-2024-6120 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sparklewpthemes Sparkle Demo Importer, published on 21 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Sparkle Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized database reset and demo data import due to a missing capability check on the multiple functions in all versions up to and including 1.4.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete all posts, pages, and uploaded files, as well as download and install a limited set of demo plugins.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6120?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpneuron Sparkle Demo Importer.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6120?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6120 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6120 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6120 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6120 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sparklewpthemes Sparkle Demo Importer, published on 21 Jun 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-2024-6120 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: sparklewpthemes Sparkle Demo Importer. 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-2024-6120/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6120/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6120
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6120
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6120

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6120/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.