CVE-2024-10578

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pubnews theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.7

Description The issue is related to a missing capability check on the pubnews importer plugin action for notice() function, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to install arbitrary plugins. This can be leveraged to exploit other vulnerabilities.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.0.7, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the pubnews importer plugin action for notice() function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pubnews importer plugin action for notice() function to minimize the risk of exploitation.