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.
CVE-2026-15336
Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(high)
- EPSS
- 16.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 16, 2026
Last Modified
July 17, 2026
References (10)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L135
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L136
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L233
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.2/inc/demo-importer.php#L235
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L135
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L136
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L233
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-themes-demo-import/tags/3.3/inc/demo-importer.php#L235
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3604098%40catch-themes-demo-import&new=3604098%40catch-themes-demo-import
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12c7661c-0700-4370-9272-d8a19b17006e?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15336(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 13× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-17 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-17 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-17 13:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-17 13:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-17 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-16 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-16 03:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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