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CVE-2024-12281:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Homey WordPress theme (versions up to 2.4.2) was identified with a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-12281) that allows for unauthenticated privilege escalation. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Tonn and was publicly disclosed on March 4, 2025 (Wordfence Intel).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a Critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating its severe nature. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, which suggests the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Wordfence Intel).
Impact
Given the CVSS metrics, this vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to gain unauthorized administrative access to WordPress sites running the affected Homey theme versions, potentially compromising the entire website's security (Wordfence Intel).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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