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Missing Authorization

CVE-2023-6876

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

The Clever Fox – One Click Website Importer by Nayra Themes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'clever-fox-activate-theme' function in all versions up to, and including, 25.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to modify the active theme, including to an invalid value which can take down the site.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published