SB2025012282 - Cross-site request forgery in WP Abstracts plugin for WordPress
Published: January 22, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025012282
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12385)
CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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 in the "wpabstracts_load_status()" and "wpabstracts_delete_abstracts()" functions. 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-abstracts-manuscripts-manager/trunk/abstracts/abstracts.manage.php#L148
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-abstracts-manuscripts-manager/trunk/abstracts/abstracts.manage.php#L205
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3223874/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-abstracts-manuscripts-manager/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79af711e-d044-447e-9802-8be648a3843d?source=cve