# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 9 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xv9x-q8hf-frgh

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## 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.

## 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:

-  Top Store <= 1.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-10673

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10673 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themehunk Top Store. 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-2024-10673/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10673/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10673
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10673
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10673

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10673/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.