Impact
The Konte WordPress theme contains a missing authorization flaw that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control levels. The consequence is that unauthenticated or insufficiently privileged users can gain access to privileged actions, potentially modifying or deleting site content and damaging the integrity of the WordPress installation. This issue maps to CWE-862: Missing Authorization.
Affected Systems
uixthemes’ Konte WordPress theme, including all releases up to and including version 2.4.6. Any site using those versions is impacted.
Risk and Exploitability
The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates a moderate severity vulnerability, while the EPSS score of less than 1% shows a very low likelihood of exploitation. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Based on the description, the likely attack vector is remote HTTP requests that trigger theme functions without proper authorization checks. A competent attacker could craft requests to privileged theme endpoints to gain unauthorized access and perform content manipulation.
OpenCVE Enrichment