PX-lab BoomBox Theme Extensions up to 1.8.0 on WordPress boombox_ajax_reset_password password recovery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PX-lab BoomBox Theme Extensions up to 1.8.0 on WordPress. Impacted is the function boombox_ajax_reset_password. Performing a manipulation results in password recovery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-12295. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PX-lab BoomBox Theme Extensions up to 1.8.0 on WordPress. This affects the function boombox_ajax_reset_password. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-640. The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented by Tonn. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12295 since 12/06/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/19/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• PX-lab

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• BoomBox Theme Extensions

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8.0

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