CVE-2024-13643
Zox News - WordPress News & Magazine Theme Plugin Unauthenticated Option Manipulation Vulnerability
Description
The Zox News - Professional WordPress News & Magazine Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification. This vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation and denial of service conditions due to missing capability checks on the backup_options() and reset_options() functions in all versions up to and including 3.17.0. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to update and delete arbitrary option values on the WordPress site. Attackers can exploit this issue to update the default user role for registration to Administrator and enable user registration, thereby gaining administrative access to the vulnerable site. Additionally, they could delete critical options, causing errors that may disrupt the site's functionality and deny service to legitimate users.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 11, 2025, 8:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 11, 2025, 8:15 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the Zox News theme to the latest version.
- Verify that capability checks are enforced on backup_options().
- Verify that capability checks are enforced on reset_options().
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Feb. 11, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The Zox News - Professional WordPress News & Magazine Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification. This vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation and denial of service conditions due to missing capability checks on the backup_options() and reset_options() functions in all versions up to and including 3.17.0. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to update and delete arbitrary option values on the WordPress site. Attackers can exploit this issue to update the default user role for registration to Administrator and enable user registration, thereby gaining administrative access to the vulnerable site. Additionally, they could delete critical options, causing errors that may disrupt the site's functionality and deny service to legitimate users. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-862 Added Reference https://mvpthemes.com/zoxnews/ Added Reference https://themeforest.net/item/zox-news-professional-wordpress-news-magazine-theme/20381541 Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4adb7436-11e6-4512-b6c9-551402909bf0?source=cve