# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4494-4fpf-rg2v

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0679?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- ColorMag <= 3.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation (github_poc): https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-0679

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0679 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0679 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themegrill ColorMag. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0679/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0679/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0679
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0679
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0679

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0679/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.