Vulnerabilites related to blazethemes - Pubnews
CVE-2024-10578 (GCVE-0-2024-10578)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-12-06 05:26
Modified
2024-12-06 16:07
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
The Pubnews theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the pubnews_importer_plugin_action_for_notice() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be leveraged to exploit other vulnerabilities.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
blazethemes Pubnews Version: *    1.0.7
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