Magazine Edge <= 1.13 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Activation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-25068
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 2, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The Magazine Edge theme for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including 1.13, due to a missing capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug magazine-edge (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.13
Patched Version
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