| Title | ListingPro < 2.6.1 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation/Deactivation |
|---|---|
| Author | ritikchaddha |
| Severity | Critical |
| Impact | Unauthenticated attackers can arbitrarily install, activate or deactivate plugins, potentially installing malicious plugins to gain complete site control. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to ListingPro version 2.6.1 or later. |
| CVSS Score | 9.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.62965 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2020-36719 |
| CWE ID | CWE-862 |
| Fofa Query | body="/wp-content/plugins/listingpro" |
| Tags | cve cve2020 wp wp-pluginwordpress listingpro passive vkev vuln |
The ListingPro - WordPress Directory & Listing Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Plugin Installation, Activation and Deactivation in versions before 2.6.1. This is due to a missing capability check on the lp_cc_addons_actions function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily install, activate and deactivate any plugin.
GET /wp-content/themes/listingpro/style.css HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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