SB2025012271 - Cross-site request forgery in wp-greet plugin for WordPress
Published: January 22, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025012271
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13444)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-greet/trunk/wpg-admin.php#L124
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-greet/trunk/wpg-admin.php#L350
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-greet/trunk/wpg-form.php#L253
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3225035/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-greet/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dafc40bf-833a-4d42-b9bc-c7cf2b234ef5?source=cve