CVE-2024-12295 Privilege escalation in BoomBox Theme Extensions
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by resetting arbitrary user passwords due to missing identity validation.
- 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-2024-12295?
CVE-2024-12295 is a high-severity vulnerability in PX-lab BoomBox Theme Extensions, published on 19 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12295?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12295?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12295 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-12295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wq5g-2475-cmrr.