# CVE-2024-12827: DWT - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme <= 3.3.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset

> Unauthenticated attackers can reset arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, due to missing token validation in the DWT Directory & Listing theme.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r95m-rm59-p2hp

## What is CVE-2024-12827?

CVE-2024-12827 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in scriptsbundle DWT - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme, published on 27 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The DWT - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.6. This is due to the plugin not properly checking for an empty token value prior to resetting a user's password through the dwt_listing_reset_password() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

Weakness: CWE-620 (Unverified Password Change)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12827?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12827?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12827 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12827 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12827 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12827 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12827 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in scriptsbundle DWT - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme, published on 27 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12827 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: scriptsbundle DWT - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12827/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12827/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12827
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12827
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12827

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12827/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.