CVE-2024-8430 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2024-8430

Spice Starter Sites <= 1.2.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Demo Content Import

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Spice Starter Sites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the spice_starter_sites_importer_creater function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to import demo content.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Lucio Sá

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Affected Vendor

spicethemes

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Affected Software

Spice Starter Sites

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 1st, 2024

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1531 Account Access Removal