CVE-2024-10532: Bard Extra <= 1.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Demo Import

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Bard Extra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the bardxtra_import_xml() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to import demo data.

Affected products

wproyal Bard Extra: through 1.2.7

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bard-extra/trunk/bard-extra.php#L341
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3192923/bard-extra/trunk?contextall=1&old=3048156&old_path=%2Fbard-extra%2Ftrunk
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ad5d2b2-fca8-46bb-8a03-02be07f2a800?source=cve

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