CVE-2026-15336
Description
The Catch Themes Demo Import plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 3.3. This is due to the catch_themes_demo_import_activate_plugin() function, hooked on admin_init when the activate_plugin GET parameter is present, calling Plugin_Upgrader::install() to download and install a plugin from WordPress.org before performing the current_user_can('activate_plugins') capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install the hardcoded 'essential-content-types' plugin from the WordPress.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L135
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L136
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L233
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L235
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L135
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L136
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L233
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L235
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3604098%40catch-themes-demo-import&new=3604098%40catch-themes-demo-import
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12c7661c-0700-4370-9272-d8a19b17006e?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-862
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.