CVE-2024-12855 Missing authorization in AdForest
Authenticated subscribers can delete posts and attachments due to missing capability checks in the AdForest 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-2024-12855?
CVE-2024-12855 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in scriptsbundle AdForest, published on 8 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AdForest theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions like 'sb_remove_ad' in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete posts, attachments and deactivate a license.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12855?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Scriptsbundle Adforest.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12855?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12855 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-2024-12855 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12855 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in scriptsbundle AdForest
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xmv-4qc6-c8xc.