Homey <= 2.4.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in homey_save_profile

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2024-12281
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 4, 2025
Last Updated May 1, 2025
Researcher Tonn
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 Administrator, Editor, or Shop Manager role.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug homey (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4.2
Patched Version
  • 2.4.3
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