WordPress theme
CozyStay <= 1.7.0 — Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Action Execution in ajax_handler
CVE-2024-13412Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1 or newer
All remediation stepsHigh7.5CVSS 3.17.5CISA KEVNot listedAccessNo account needed
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Overview
- Advisory ID
- CVE-2024-13412
- Product
- CozyStay - Hotel Booking WordPress Theme cozystay
- Affected
- ≤1.7.0
- Fixed in
- 1.7.1
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Published
- · updated
- Credit
- Lucio Sá
- Source
- Wordfence Intelligence
- Affected≤ 1.7.0
- Patched in1.7.1
Update to 1.7.1 or newer.
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
The CozyStay theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary actions.
Not sure which version you run? Run a passive check — it reads public files only.
Remediation & mitigations
- Update to version 1.7.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
- 7.2CVE-2026-78289Hotel Booking WordPress Theme <= 1.10.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- 8.1CVE-2025-67988Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
- 9.8CVE-2025-49508Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
- 9.8CVE-2025-49507Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- 9.8CVE-2024-13410Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in ajax_handler
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.