# CVE-2024-43153: WordPress Woffice theme <= 5.4.10 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges in the Woffice WordPress theme due to incorrect privilege assignment.

- **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:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-732m-w9mm-p8pc

## What is CVE-2024-43153?

CVE-2024-43153 is a critical vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice, published on 13 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice woffice.This issue affects Woffice: from n/a through <= 5.4.10.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43153?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xtendify Woffice.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43153?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43153 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-43153 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WofficeIO Woffice

- [CVE-2025-2798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2798/): Woffice <= 5.4.21 - Authentication Bypass via Registration Role (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-43234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43234/): WordPress Woffice theme <= 5.4.14 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2780/): Woffice Core <= 5.4.21 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-37470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37470/): WordPress Woffice Core plugin <= 5.4.8 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-37471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37471/): WordPress Woffice Core plugin <= 5.4.8 - Site Wide Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-43153 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43153 is a critical vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice, published on 13 Aug 2024. 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-2024-43153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WofficeIO Woffice. 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-2024-43153/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43153/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43153
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43153
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43153

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43153/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.