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CVE-2024-13637: Demo Awesome <= 1.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Activation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Demo Awesome plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the install_plugin function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins..

Affected products

• romik84 Demo Awesome: through 1.0.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/demo-awesome/trunk/inc/admin/class-demo-awesome-admin.php#L407
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/demo-awesome/trunk/inc/admin/js/admin.js#L1684
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/demo-awesome/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a552f81-b222-46f0-b318-702e09d249c1?source=cve

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