CVE-2024-11936

The Zox News theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'backup_options' and 'restore_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.16.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://themeforest.net/item/zox-news-professional-wordpress-news-magazine-theme/20381541	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f061e7f-6a87-4d4a-9b4e-8234883f2ebc?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mvpthemes:zox_news:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-01-26 12:15

Updated : 2025-02-04 19:39

NVD link : CVE-2024-11936

Mitre link : CVE-2024-11936

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-11936

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mvpthemes

zox_news

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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