# CVE-2024-43234: WordPress Woffice theme <= 5.4.14 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication to take over accounts in the Woffice WordPress 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:** 16 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-68gp-7m2f-pch3

## What is CVE-2024-43234?

CVE-2024-43234 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice, published on 16 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice woffice allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Woffice: from n/a through <= 5.4.14.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43234?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xtendify Woffice.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43234?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43234 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-43234 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43234 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-2024-43153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43153/): WordPress Woffice theme <= 5.4.10 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation 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-2024-43234 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43234 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in WofficeIO Woffice, published on 16 Dec 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-2024-43234 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-2024-43234/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43234/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43234
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43234
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43234

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43234/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.