CVE-2024-12857 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the AdForest WordPress theme, affecting all versions up to and including 5.1.8. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user if OTP login by phone number is enabled, due to improper identity verification. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:scriptsbundle:adforest:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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