CVE-2024-12281

March 5, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

9.8
Critical

Description

The Homey theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to the plugin allowing users who are registering new accounts to set their own role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with the Editor or Shop Manager role.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Homey theme for WordPress
  • ['up to 2.4.2']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References

https://themeforest.net/item/homey-booking-wordpress-theme/23338013
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b93c33c-4ab1-48a2-b84d-3cb38ccea829?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-269
2025-03-05
CVE-2024-12281

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: March 5, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: March 5, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

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