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CVE-2024-11936

HIGH 8.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
January 26, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-862
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Zox News theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'backup_options' and 'restore_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.16.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Affected products and versions

  • MVPThemes Zox News — Up to and including 3.16.0
  • mvpthemes zox_news — Before 3.17.0

References

  • themeforest.net https://themeforest.net/item/zox-news-professional-wordpress-news-magazine-theme/20381541 Product
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f061e7f-6a87-4d4a-9b4e-8234883f2ebc?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record