The AdForest theme for WordPress is vulnerable to...
Critical severity
Unreviewed
Published
Jan 8, 2025
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 8, 2025
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 8, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jan 8, 2025
Last updated
Jan 8, 2025
The AdForest theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the adforest_reset_password() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
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