#VU99745 Cross-site request forgery in Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields - CVE-2024-9588
Published: November 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99745
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-2024-9588
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields
Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields
Software vendor:
Aftab Husain
Aftab Husain
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 "wpaft_option_page" function. 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
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.