CVE•Published 2025-02-12•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-13653Mvpthemes · Zoxpress

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862Missing Authorization

Description

The ZoxPress - The All-In-One WordPress News Theme 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' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.0. 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.

Timeline

Published 2025-02-12

Modified 2026-04-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2024-13653

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/zoxpress/"

Matches any site loading the "zoxpress" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Mvpthemes Zoxpress"

All exposed Mvpthemes Zoxpress instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Zoxpress"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Zoxpress" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.