vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: boombox-theme-extensions: CVE-2024-12295: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 18, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 18, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The BoomBox Theme Extensions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'boombox_ajax_reset_password' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
Solution
boombox-theme-extensions-plugin-cve-2024-12295
References
Rapid7 Labs
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