Multiple sparklewpthemes Themes (Various versions) - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Activation

2023-05-16 00:00

Dave Jong

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected ThemeKathmag

Affected Version<= 1.0.6

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-32959

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Vulnerability Overview

Several themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation on the activate_plugin() function called via an AJAX action in various versions of the themes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate arbitrary plugins via a forged request, if they can trick an authenticated user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32959 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/62e30cef-ce5d-4450-989e-f08f09b7638f

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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