The Homey theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to the plugin allowing users who are registering new accounts to set their own role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with the Editor or Shop Manager role.
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EUVD-2024-54002 | The Homey theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to the plugin allowing users who are registering new accounts to set their own role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with the Editor or Shop Manager role. |
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Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000
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| Description | The Homey theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2. This is due to the plugin allowing users who are registering new accounts to set their own role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by creating an account with the Editor or Shop Manager role. | |
| Title | Homey <= 2.4.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in homey_save_profile | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2025-03-05T14:16:21.398Z
Reserved: 2024-12-05T19:41:12.340Z
Link: CVE-2024-12281
Updated: 2025-03-05T14:16:15.029Z
Status : Received
Published: 2025-03-05T12:15:34.657
Modified: 2025-03-05T12:15:34.657
Link: CVE-2024-12281
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