CVE-2024-12922

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Altair theme for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.2.4

Description The Altair theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check within functions.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site, which 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.2.4, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the functions.php file or restricting access to it until a patch is available. Restrict access to the WordPress site to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the default role for registration as administrator until the issue is resolved. Apply configuration changes to prevent unauthorized modification of data. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.