CVE-2020-36721 Epsilon Framework Themes (Various Versions) - Unauthenticated Plugin Activation/Deactivation
Unauthenticated attackers can activate or deactivate arbitrary plugins on vulnerable WordPress sites due to missing capability checks in theme functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-36721?
CVE-2020-36721 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in silkalns Activello, published on 7 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Brilliance <= 1.2.7, Activello <= 1.4.0, and Newspaper X <= 1.3.1 themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Plugin Activation/Deactivation. This is due to the 'activello_activate_plugin' and 'activello_deactivate_plugin' functions in the 'inc/welcome-screen/class-activello-welcome.php' file missing capability and security checks/nonces. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate and deactivate arbitrary plugins installed on a vulnerable site.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36721?
It affects 15 products.
Products include Colorlib Activello, Colorlib Bonkers, Colorlib Illdy, Colorlib Newspaper X, Colorlib Pixova Lite, Colorlib Shapely and 9 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36721?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36721 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-36721 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36721 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in silkalns Activello
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x6fw-c968-rf52.