CVE-2024-12295

HIGH

BoomBox Theme Extensions <1.8.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The BoomBox Theme Extensions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'boombox_ajax_reset_password' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-640
Status draft

Timeline

Published Mar 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026