CVE-2024-12781 Missing authorization in Aurum - WordPress & WooCommerce Shopping Theme
Authenticated subscribers can overwrite site content with demo data due to missing capability checks in the Aurum WordPress theme.
- 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-2024-12781?
CVE-2024-12781 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Laborator Aurum - WordPress & WooCommerce Shopping Theme, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Aurum - WordPress & WooCommerce Shopping Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'lab_1cl_demo_install_package_content' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite content with imported demo content.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12781?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12781?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12781 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-2024-12781 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12781 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-56w8-9358-hf89.