WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Hunk Companion < 1.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Description

The Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation/activation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/hc/v1/themehunk-import REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.8.5

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Sean Murphy
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-10-10 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-10-10 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-10-11 (about 1 year ago)

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