CVE-2024-12259 CRM WordPress Plugin – RepairBuddy <= 3.8120 - Missing Authorization to Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation
Authenticated attackers can escalate privileges and take over accounts by changing arbitrary user emails due to missing authorization checks in the RepairBuddy plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12259?
CVE-2024-12259 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sweetdaisy86 RepairBuddy – Repair Shop CRM & Booking Plugin for WordPress, published on 18 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The CRM WordPress Plugin – RepairBuddy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.8120. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their email through the wc_update_user_data AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12259?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12259?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12259 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-12259 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12259 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cp2r-29q5-494x.