CVE-2024-12920 FoodBakery | Delivery Restaurant Directory WordPress Theme <= 4.7 - Missing Authorization in Multiple Functions
Authenticated subscribers can delete files, modify theme options, and manage backups due to missing capability checks in the FoodBakery 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-2024-12920?
CVE-2024-12920 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Chimpstudio FoodBakery | Delivery Restaurant Directory WordPress Theme, published on 19 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The FoodBakery | Delivery Restaurant Directory WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the foodbakery_var_backup_file_delete, foodbakery_widget_file_delete, theme_option_save, export_widget_settings, ajax_import_widget_data, foodbakery_var_settings_backup_generate, foodbakery_var_backup_file_restore, and theme_option_rest_all functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files, update theme options, export widget options, import widget options, generate backups, restore backups, and reset theme options.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12920?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12920?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12920 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-2024-12920 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12920 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x42h-35h8-j737.