CVE-2020-36721
The Brilliance <= 1.2.7, Activello <= 1.4.0, and Newspaper X <= 1.3.1 themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Plugin Activation/Deactivation.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.97%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Brilliance <= 1.2.7, Activello <= 1.4.0, and Newspaper X <= 1.3.1 themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Plugin Activation/Deactivation. This is due to the 'activello_activate_plugin' and 'activello_deactivate_plugin' functions in the 'inc/welcome-screen/class-activello-welcome.php' file missing capability and security checks/nonces. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate and deactivate arbitrary plugins installed on a vulnerable site.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.97% probability · 62th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-862
- Affected
- colorlib/activello · colorlib/bonkers · colorlib/illdy · colorlib/newspaper x · colorlib/pixova lite · colorlib/shapely · cpothemes/affluent · cpothemes/allegiant · cpothemes/brilliance · cpothemes/transcend · machothemes/antreas · machothemes/medzone lite · machothemes/naturemag lite · machothemes/newsmag · machothemes/regina lite
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-function-injection-vulnerability-fixed-in-15-wordpress-themes/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/themes/activello/Product
- https://wordpress.org/themes/brilliance/Product
- https://wordpress.org/themes/newspaper-x/Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9e4e989-8e55-4ea7-8f42-9f67cfab1168?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-function-injection-vulnerability-fixed-in-15-wordpress-themes/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/themes/activello/Product
- https://wordpress.org/themes/brilliance/Product
- https://wordpress.org/themes/newspaper-x/Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9e4e989-8e55-4ea7-8f42-9f67cfab1168?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.