CVE-2024-13637 Demo Awesome <= 1.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Activation
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-2024-13637?
CVE-2024-13637 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in romik84 Demo Awesome, published on 2 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Demo Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. 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-2024-13637?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13637?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13637 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-2024-13637 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13637 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g69p-6w39-jg6h.