CVE-2024-0679 ColorMag <= 3.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation
Authenticated subscribers can install and activate arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0679?
CVE-2024-0679 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themegrill ColorMag, published on 20 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ColorMag theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the plugin_action_callback() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0679?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themegrill Colormag.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0679?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0679 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-2024-0679 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0679 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4494-4fpf-rg2v.