Pubnews <= 1.0.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation

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CVE CVE-2024-10578
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published December 5, 2024
Last Updated January 22, 2025
Researcher Kevin Murphy (knmurphy)
Description

The Pubnews theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the pubnews_importer_plugin_action_for_notice() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be leveraged to exploit other vulnerabilities.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug pubnews (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.7
Patched Version
  • 1.0.8
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