Child Theme Creator by Orbisius <= 1.5.1 — Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Modification and Creation
CVE-2020-28649Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.5.2Update to 1.5.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-352 CSRF
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Child Theme Creator by Orbisius orbisius-child-theme-creator
- Affected< 1.5.2
- Patched in1.5.2
Update to 1.5.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.5.2. Version 1.5.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Child Theme Creator by Orbisius.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.5.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Child Theme Creator by Orbisius to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chloe Chamberland.
The orbisius-child-theme-creator plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress allows CSRF via orbisius_ctc_theme_editor_manage_file that makes it possible for attackers to modify arbitrary files and create new files to achieve remote code execution.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
