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CVE-2024-3610: WP Child Theme Generator <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Child Theme Creation/Activation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Child Theme Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wctg_easy_child_theme() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a blank child theme and activate it cause the site to whitescreen.

Affected products

• WEN Solutions WP Child Theme Generator: before 1.1.2 — fixed in 1.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WEN Solutions WP Child Theme Generator 1.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-child-theme-generator/trunk/wp-easy-child/wp-easy-child.php#L60
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-child-theme-generator/tags/1.1.1&new_path=/wp-child-theme-generator/tags/1.1.2&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/581e6686-a103-43f6-aa99-6a9862d98837?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-child-theme-generator/trunk/wp-easy-child/wp-easy-child.php#L60
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-child-theme-generator/tags/1.1.1&new_path=/wp-child-theme-generator/tags/1.1.2&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/581e6686-a103-43f6-aa99-6a9862d98837?source=cve

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