CVE-2024-11936 affects the Zox News WordPress theme (versions up to 3.16.0), allowing authenticated subscribers to escalate privileges due to a missing capability check. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) enables attackers to modify arbitrary WordPress options, including changing the default registration role to administrator, thereby gaining full administrative access. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 3.16.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mvpthemes:zox_news:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 3.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mvpthemes:zox_news:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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