Infinite-Scroll Plugin Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
CVE-2024-10040

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Infinite-scroll
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 October 2024

Summary

The Infinite-Scroll plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_ajax_edit and process_ajax_delete function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make changes to plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Version(s)

Infinite-Scroll * <= 2.6.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infinite-scrol...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infinite-scrol...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Francesco Carlucci
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