Top Store Plugin up to 1.5.4 on WordPress Plugin Installation access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Top Store Plugin up to 1.5.4 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function of the component Plugin Installation Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-10673. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Top Store Plugin up to 1.5.4 on WordPress. This affects some unknown processing of the component Plugin Installation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Top Store theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the top_store_install_and_activate_callback() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins which can contain other exploitable vulnerabilities to elevate privileges and gain remote code execution.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-10673 since 11/01/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/09/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Top Store Plugin

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• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4

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