CVE-2024-12824: Nokri – Job Board WordPress Theme <= 1.6.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Change

9.8 CVSS

Description

The Nokri – Job Board WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly checking for an empty token value prior updating their details like password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's password, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12824

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-620 Unverified Password Change

Affected Products

Vendor: scriptsbundle

Product: Nokri – Job Board WordPress Theme

Nuclei Template

http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-12824.yaml

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 42.85% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 97.21% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-30 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12824
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/60a7cce0-637f-49bd-aa4a-fd7023d99a64?source=cve
https://themeforest.net/item/nokri-job-board-wordpress-theme/22677241

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