Multiple sparklewpthemes Themes (Various versions) - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Activation

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-32959
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 16, 2023
Last Updated September 23, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong - Patchstack

Description

Several themes for WordPress are vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin() function called via an AJAX action in various versions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.

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Vulnerability Details for BuzzStore

Software Type Theme
Software Slug buzzstore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.6

10 other affected software packages

Software Type Theme
Software Slug appzend (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.3
Patched Version
  • 1.2.4
Software Type Theme
Software Slug craft-blog (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.7
Software Type Theme
Software Slug fitness-park (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • All Versions
Software Type Theme
Software Slug kathmag (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.6
Software Type Theme
Software Slug kingcabs (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.1.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.8
Patched Version
  • 1.1.9
Software Type Theme
Software Slug medical-heed (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.1.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.6
Patched Version
  • 1.1.7
Software Type Theme
Software Slug metrostore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.2
Software Type Theme
Software Slug online-estore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.9
Software Type Theme
Software Slug sparklestore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.2
Patched Version
  • 1.6.3
Software Type Theme
Software Slug spidermag (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.7

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