PT-2024-37918 · WordPress · Templatespare

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-08-03 · Updated 2024-08-13 · CVE-2024-6872

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TemplateSpare plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.4.2

Description The TemplateSpare plugin for WordPress has an issue due to a missing capability check on the templatespare activate required theme and templatespare get theme status functions. This allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to activate any installed theme and read any theme status. If an attacker attempts to activate a theme that is not installed, the site may be left with no theme functionality.

Recommendations For TemplateSpare plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.4.2: Update to a patched version as soon as possible to fix the authorization flaw. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the templatespare activate required theme and templatespare get theme status functions until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6872

Affected Products

Templatespare

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6872 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3129809 · Patch
• https://t.me/cvedetector/2390 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/oktsec/status/1823543639244423311 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a0c74807-b85c-478e-bebf-1f0b46a21c11?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/templatespare/trunk/includes/templatespare-kit.php#L34 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/88767 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/templatespare/trunk/includes/templatespare-kit.php#L13 · Note