WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Advanced Twenty Seventeen <= 1.3.1 - Subscriber+ Site Theme Switch via ats_create_child_theme

Description

The plugin does not perform any capability or nonce check on the action that creates and activates its bundled child theme, allowing any authenticated user such as a subscriber to switch the site's active theme site-wide, and allowing the same action to be triggered against any logged-in user including an administrator via CSRF.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Seongwon LEE
Submitter
Seongwon LEE
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-21 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-14 (about 9 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-14 (about 9 days ago)

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