CVE-2024-12824
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-12824 is a critical-severity Unverified Password Change (CWE-620) vulnerability in Themeforest (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Manipulation (T1098); ranked in the top 18% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-11 (Re-authentication) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
The Nokri – Job Board WordPress Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions through 1.6.2. The flaw arises because the theme fails to validate an empty token value before allowing updates to sensitive user details such as passwords, enabling unauthorized modifications.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue over the network to change passwords for arbitrary accounts, including those of administrators, and subsequently authenticate to those accounts with full privileges. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
The associated EPSS score rose from lower values to a peak of 0.6232 on 2026-02-18 before receding to the current 0.4829, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after disclosure. References include the theme listing on ThemeForest and a detailed entry in the Wordfence threat intelligence database.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5898
Vulnerability Data
The Nokri – Job Board WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly checking for an empty token value…
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prior updating their details like password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's password, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Re-authentication explicitly requires users to prove identity before performing sensitive actions such as password changes.
Authenticator management requires identity verification during password distribution and changes, directly stopping unverified password updates.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requires secure management of authentication information, directly addressing the need to verify the original password before allowing a change.
Mandates secure authentication mechanisms, which include verifying existing credentials before permitting password changes.
Identity management processes can incorporate verification steps, but the control itself does not explicitly require password-change verification.
Information access restriction can be strengthened by password verification, yet the control focuses on access rights rather than change procedures.