ListingPro - WordPress Directory & Listing Theme < 2.6.1 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation, Activation and Deactivation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2020-36719
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published December 17, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The ListingPro - WordPress Directory & Listing Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Plugin Installation, Activation and Deactivation in versions before 2.6.1. This is due to a missing capability check on the lp_cc_addons_actions function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily install, activate and deactivate any plugin.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug listingpro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.1
Patched Version
  • 2.6.1
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