Vulnerability CVE-2020-36721

Vulnerability CVE-2020-36721

Published: 2023-06-07

Description:

The Brilliance <= 1.2.7, Activello <= 1.4.0, and Newspaper X <= 1.3.1 themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Plugin Activation/Deactivation. This is due to the 'activello_activate_plugin' and 'activello_deactivate_plugin' functions in the 'inc/welcome-screen/class-activello-welcome.php' file missing capability and security checks/nonces. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate and deactivate arbitrary plugins installed on a vulnerable site.

References:

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9e4e989-8e55-4ea7-8f42-9f67cfab1168?source=cve

https://wordpress.org/themes/activello/

https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-function-injection-vulnerability-fixed-in-15-wordpress-themes/

https://wordpress.org/themes/brilliance/

https://wordpress.org/themes/newspaper-x/

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