#VU103239 Cross-site request forgery in WP Abstracts - CVE-2024-12385
Published: January 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103239
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12385
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WP Abstracts
WP Abstracts
Software vendor:
Kevon Adonis
Kevon Adonis
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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