WP Child Theme Generator <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Child Theme Creation/Activation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-3610
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published June 20, 2024
Last Updated June 21, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

The WP Child Theme Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wctg_easy_child_theme() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a blank child theme and activate it cause the site to whitescreen.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-child-theme-generator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.1
Patched Version
  • 1.1.2
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