Child Theme Creator by Orbisius: A security weakness
Child Theme Creator by Orbisius is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Child Theme Creator by Orbisius
- Plugin slug
child-theme-creator-by-orbisius- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 12, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 12, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Child Theme Creator by Orbisius to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Child Theme Creator by Orbisius plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the cloud_delete() and cloud_update() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update and delete cloud snippets. Please note that this vulnerability was present in the Cloud Library Addon used by the plugin and not in the plugin itself, the cloud library has been removed entirely.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N