Divi Torque Lite <= 4.2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Installation via 'install_plugin' REST Endpoint

Summary

The Divi Torque Lite – Divi Theme, Divi Builder & Extra Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This is due to the use of '__return_true' as the permission_callback for the /install_plugin and /activate_plugin REST API endpoints, which bypasses WordPress's built-in REST API nonce verification. Although the endpoint callbacks contain internal current_user_can() checks, the absence of nonce verification means that a forged cross-site request from a logged-in administrator's browser will pass the capability check via the admin's session cookies. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install arbitrary plugins from WordPress.

Timeline

1. Jul 9, 2026, 9:31 AM UTCCVE published
2. Jul 9, 2026, 5:22 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

3. Jul 9, 2026, 5:22 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• badhonrocks Divi Torque Lite – Divi Modules for the Divi Builder & Theme

  through 4.2.3

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