CVE-2024-10673 Top Store <= 1.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation
Authenticated subscribers can install arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to privilege escalation and remote 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-2024-10673?
CVE-2024-10673 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themehunk Top Store, published on 9 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Top Store theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the top_store_install_and_activate_callback() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins which can contain other exploitable vulnerabilities to elevate privileges and gain remote code execution.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10673?
How do I fix CVE-2024-10673?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10673 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-2024-10673 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10673 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xv9x-q8hf-frgh.