CVE-2024-13653: 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

high Affects zoxpress (WordPress theme). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
zoxpress (WordPress theme) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.12.1
Fixed in
2.12.1
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (44.0th percentile)
Published
2025-02-12
Source
nvd

References

CWE-862
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