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Viral Mag <= 1.0.9 — Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Activation
CVE-2023-28990Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.0.9Update to 1.1.0 or newer
All remediation stepsMedium4.3CVSS 3.14.3CISA KEVNot listedAccessLow-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)
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Overview
- Advisory ID
- CVE-2023-28990
- Product
- Viral Mag viral-mag
- Affected
- ≤1.0.9
- Fixed in
- 1.1.0
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Low-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)
- Published
- · updated
- Credit
- Dave Jong
- Source
- Wordfence Intelligence
- Affected≤ 1.0.9
- Patched in1.1.0
Update to 1.1.0 or newer.
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
The Viral Mag theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin() function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as subscribers, to activate arbitrary plugins.
Not sure which version you run? Run a passive check — it reads public files only.
Remediation & mitigations
- Update to version 1.1.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
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.