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
CVE
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Seongwon LEE
Submitter
Seongwon LEE
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
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)