BoomBox Theme Extensions <= 1.8.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Password Reset/Account Takeover in boombox_ajax_reset_password
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.8.1
- Affected Plugin
- BoomBox Theme Extensions
- Affected Version
<= 1.8.0- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-640 · Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
- CVE
CVE-2024-12295
At a glance
CVE-2024-12295 is a high-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in the BoomBox Theme Extensions WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.8.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.8.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2025, reported by Tonn.
Vulnerability Overview
The BoomBox Theme Extensions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'boombox_ajax_reset_password' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
BoomBox Theme Extensions <= 1.8.0 carries this weakness at boombox_ajax_reset_password, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A weak password recovery mechanism means the path that lets someone back into an account without their password is easier to complete than the password itself.
An attacker takes over an account through the recovery flow without ever seeing the password, and on an administrator account that is full control of the site. For BoomBox Theme Extensions the fix is 1.8.1: builds <= 1.8.0 are affected, anything from 1.8.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.8.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: BoomBox Theme Extensions 1.8.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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