Total Theme <= 2.1.19 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Plugin Activation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-27456
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 1, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The Total theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Plugin Activation due to insufficient capability and nonce checks on the 'activate_plugin' function in versions up to, and including, 2.1.19. This allows any authenticated attacker with subscriber-level capabilities or greater to activate arbitrary plugins already installed on the site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug total (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.19
Patched Version
  • 2.1.20
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