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

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

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.

Affected products

• tarborali Forex Calculators: before 1.3.8 — fixed in 1.3.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tarborali Forex Calculators 1.3.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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