Chankhe <= 1.0.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Activation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-28416
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 16, 2023
Last Updated March 25, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The Chankhe theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin function called via the wp_ajax_chankhe_activate_plugin AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as subscribers, to activate arbitrary plugins.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug chankhe (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.5
Patched Version
  • 1.0.6
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