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Medium · 6.5 Public exploit CVE-2024-0679 EUVD-2024-16470GHSA-4494-4fpf-rg2v

ColorMag <= 3.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Published Jan 20, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Vendor: ThemeGrill Product: ColorMag Category: Web / CMS

Description

The ColorMag theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the plugin_action_callback() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
themegrill ColorMag ≤ 3.1.2 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 1 repository

  • RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-0679 ★ 2 · Jan 19, 2024

    ColorMag <= 3.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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