Privilege escalation in Fave Themes Homey Login Register
CVE-2024-11951
The Homey Login Register plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0. 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 role.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Fave Themes Homey Login Register — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-11951?
- CVE-2024-11951 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fave Themes Homey Login Register, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-05.
- How severe is CVE-2024-11951?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-11951 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.