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CVE-2024-10124: Vayu Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress & WooCommerce <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 32.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Vayu Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation and activation due to a missing capability check on the tp_install() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. This vulnerability was partially patched in version 1.1.1.

Affected products

• themehunk Vayu Blocks – Website Builder for the Block Editor: through 1.1.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vayu-blocks/trunk/inc/vayu-sites/app.php#L28
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vayu-blocks/trunk/inc/vayu-sites/app.php#L46
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vayu-blocks/trunk/inc/vayu-sites/core/class-installation.php#L29
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3173408/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3203532/vayu-blocks/tags/1.2.0/inc/vayu-sites/app.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81e7ab80-7df2-4ef4-80ee-a11d057151c4?source=cve

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