Epsilon Framework Themes (Various Versions) - Unauthenticated Plugin Activation/Deactivation

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2020-36721
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published October 1, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Brilliance <= 1.2.7, Activello <= 1.4.0, and Newspaper X <= 1.3.1 themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Plugin Activation/Deactivation. This is due to the 'activello_activate_plugin' and 'activello_deactivate_plugin' functions in the 'inc/welcome-screen/class-activello-welcome.php' file missing capability and security checks/nonces. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate and deactivate arbitrary plugins installed on a vulnerable site.

References

3 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug newspaper-x (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.1
Patched Version
  • 1.3.2
Software Type Theme
Software Slug brilliance (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.7
Patched Version
  • 1.3.0
Software Type Theme
Software Slug activello (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.0
Patched Version
  • 1.4.2
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