CVE-2024-11350

AdForest <= 5.1.6 - Privilege Escalation via Password Reset/Account Takeover

State
Published
Severity
9.8 Critical
Published
Jan 8, 2025
Updated
Apr 8, 2026
Reserved
Nov 18, 2024

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Description

The AdForest theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the adforest_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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWordfence

Weaknesses

  • CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

Affected Products

ProductVersions
AdForestscriptsbundle
  • 5.1.6 and earlierAffected

References

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