CVE-2024-13637: Demo Awesome <= 1.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Activation

6.5 CVSS

Description

The Demo Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins..

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13637

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Vendor: romik84

Product: Demo Awesome

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.92% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13637
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a552f81-b222-46f0-b318-702e09d249c1?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/demo-awesome/trunk/inc/admin/js/admin.js#L1684
https://wordpress.org/plugins/demo-awesome/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/demo-awesome/trunk/inc/admin/class-demo-awesome-admin.php#L407

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