CVE-2024-12295 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the BoomBox Theme Extensions plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.8.0. The flaw allows authenticated attackers, even with subscriber-level privileges, to reset arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, due to insufficient identity validation in the 'boombox_ajax_reset_password' function. This enables account takeover with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| PX-Lab | BoomBox Theme Extensions | >= 0, <= 1.8.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
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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