CVE-2024-6872 Missing authorization in TemplateSpare – 1000+ WordPress Starter Templates & Full Site Migration Tool | 1-Click Import/Export & No-Code Builder
Authenticated subscribers can activate arbitrary themes or break site functionality due to missing capability checks in the TemplateSpare plugin.
- 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-2024-6872?
CVE-2024-6872 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TemplateSpare – 1000+ WordPress Starter Templates & Full Site Migration Tool | 1-Click Import/Export & No-Code Builder, published on 3 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Build Your Dream Website Fast with 400+ Starter Templates and Landing Pages, No Coding Needed, One-Click Import for Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks! – TemplateSpare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'templatespare_activate_required_theme' and 'templatespare_get_theme_status' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate any installed theme and read any theme status. If the attacker attempts to activate a theme that is not installed, a non-existent theme with the slug chosen by the attacker will be considered the active theme, leaving the site with no theme functionality.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6872?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Templatespare Templatespare.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6872?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6872 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-2024-6872 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6872 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpjp-f6hh-7rpq.