Reported vulnerability
Multiple sparklewpthemes Themes (Various versions) - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Activation
Published 16 May 2023
Updated 7 Nov 2024
CVE-2023-32959
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Wordfence advisory
medium · CVSS 5.3Several themes for WordPress are vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin() function called via an AJAX action in various versions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.
Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Kathmag
- Software
- theme · kathmag
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.0.6
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Online eStore
- Software
- theme · online-estore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.0.9
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
SpiderMag
- Software
- theme · spidermag
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.7
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Medical Heed
- Software
- theme · medical-heed
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.6
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.1.7
Recommended action
Update to version 1.1.7, or a newer patched version
Appzend
- Software
- theme · appzend
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.2.3
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.4
Recommended action
Update to version 1.2.4, or a newer patched version
BuzzStore
- Software
- theme · buzzstore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.3.6
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Craft Blog
- Software
- theme · craft-blog
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.0.7
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Fitness Park
- Software
- theme · fitness-park
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Kingcabs
- Software
- theme · kingcabs
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.8
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.1.9
Recommended action
Update to version 1.1.9, or a newer patched version
MetroStore
- Software
- theme · metrostore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.3.2
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.3.3
Recommended action
Update to version 1.3.3, or a newer patched version
SparkleStore
- Software
- theme · sparklestore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.6.2
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.3
Recommended action
Update to version 1.6.3, or a newer patched version
Further references (1)
Data sources and licences
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Read licence termsSource: Wordfence
Wordfence advisory
medium · CVSS 5.3Several themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation on the activate_plugin() function called via an AJAX action in various versions of the themes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate arbitrary plugins via a forged request, if they can trick an authenticated user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Kathmag
- Software
- theme · kathmag
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.0.6
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Online eStore
- Software
- theme · online-estore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.0.9
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
SpiderMag
- Software
- theme · spidermag
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.7
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Medical Heed
- Software
- theme · medical-heed
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.4
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Appzend
- Software
- theme · appzend
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.2.5
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
BuzzStore
- Software
- theme · buzzstore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Craft Blog
- Software
- theme · craft-blog
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.0.7
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Fitness Park
- Software
- theme · fitness-park
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Kingcabs
- Software
- theme · kingcabs
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.5
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
MetroStore
- Software
- theme · metrostore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.5.1
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
SparkleStore
- Software
- theme · sparklestore
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.6.5
- Fix availability
- No fix reported
- Fixed versions
- No fixed version specified
Recommended action
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Further references (1)
Data sources and licences
Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.
Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.
Read licence termsCopyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation
CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.
Read licence termsSource: Wordfence
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- Kingcabs <= 1.1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via progressbarLayout ParameterUpdated 13 Dec 2025
- Appzend <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via progressbarLayout ParameterUpdated 29 Jul 2025
- Fitness Park <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site ScriptingUpdated 25 Jun 2025