CVE-2024-3610
WP Child Theme Generator <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Child Theme Creation/Activation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Jun 21, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 10, 2024
Description
The WP Child Theme Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wctg_easy_child_theme() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a blank child theme and activate it cause the site to whitescreen.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Child Theme Generatorwen-solutions |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/581e6686-a103-43f6-aa99-6a9862d98837?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-child-theme-generator/trunk/wp-easy-child/wp-easy-child.php#L60
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-child-theme-generator/tags/1.1.1&new_path=/wp-child-theme-generator/tags/1.1.2&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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