Unauthenticated Plugin Control Vulnerability in WordPress Themes by Brilliance, Activello, and Newspaper X
CVE-2020-36721

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Newspaper X
Brilliance
Activello
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 June 2023

Summary

The Brilliance, Activello, and Newspaper X themes for WordPress contain a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated users to activate or deactivate any plugins installed on a site. This issue arises from the absence of proper capability checks and nonces within the functions responsible for handling plugin activation and deactivation in the themes' codebase. As a result, an attacker could exploit this flaw to gain control over site functionalities, potentially leading to further security breaches. Website owners are encouraged to update their themes to the latest versions to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Activello * <= 1.4.0

Brilliance * <= 1.2.7

Newspaper X * <= 1.3.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-function-inje...
https://wordpress.org/themes/activello/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jerome Bruandet
.