ReviveNews <= 1.0.2 - Missing Authorization via revivenews_install_and_activate_plugins()

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-43974
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published August 28, 2024
Last Updated September 4, 2024
Researcher Fariq Fadillah Gusti Insani (fariqfgi)
Description

The ReviveNews theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the revivenews_install_and_activate_plugins() function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate plugins.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug revivenews (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.2
Patched Version
  • 1.0.3
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