CVE-2024-13769: The Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to a missing capability check on the 'theme_options_ajax_post_a

medium Affects puzzles (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Puzzles | WP Magazine / Review with Store WordPress Theme + RTL theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to a missing capability check on the 'theme_options_ajax_post_a

Package
puzzles (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.2.5
Fixed in
4.2.5
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (22.6th percentile)
Published
2025-02-12
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79CWE-862
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