High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-10578

Description

The Pubnews theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the pubnews_importer_plugin_action_for_notice() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be leveraged to exploit other vulnerabilities.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubnews/1.0.7/inc/admin/admin.phpnvd
themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/250743/pubnews/1.0.8nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7eaa0117-5320-431f-b3d2-05a867901528nvd

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