CVE-2024-12259: CRM WordPress Plugin – RepairBuddy <= 3.8120 - Missing Authorization to Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation

8.8 CVSS

Description

The CRM WordPress Plugin – RepairBuddy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.8120. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their email through the wc_update_user_data AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12259

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.8

Affected Products

Vendor: sweetdaisy86

Product: CRM WordPress Plugin – RepairBuddy

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.07% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 31.41% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80997d2f-3e16-48f6-969b-58844cb83d53?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3204501%40computer-repair-shop&new=3204501%40computer-repair-shop&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3206568%40computer-repair-shop&new=3206568%40computer-repair-shop&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file548
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3208270%40computer-repair-shop&new=3208270%40computer-repair-shop&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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