Blogger Buzz <= 1.2.4 - Missing Authorization via activate_plugin

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-30476
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 13, 2023
Last Updated March 25, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong - Patchstack

Description

The Blogger Buzz theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin activation due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin function in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary installed plugins.

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Vulnerability Details for Blogger Buzz

Software Type Theme
Software Slug blogger-buzz (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.4
Patched Version
  • 1.2.5

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