Pagelines Theme < 1.4.6 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 20, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Sucuri Research Team
Description

The Pagelines Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the pagelines_ajax_save_option_callback function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate privileges and create administrator accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug pagelines (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.6
Patched Version
  • 1.4.6
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